Father Quote by Chaka Khan

Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music…

— Bobby McFerrin

I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.

— Baz Luhrmann

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

— Andy Summers

I was into jazz even when I was a kid. My parents would play Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, and Dixieland music. I loved The…

— Page Hamilton

My dad was into jazz, so there was a lot of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington playing in the house, but also a lot…

— Arlo Parks

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

— Jan Hammer

Yeah, I grew up playing lots of jazz music in school.

— Danny Carey

I grew up in a jazz household. They made me listen to jazz before I could hear my Motown.

— Jeffrey Osborne

My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were…

— Wallace Shawn

I studied jazz at home with my grandparents. They always had jazz dudes at the house, but I didn't study formally. I just hung…

— Madlib

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

— Steve Lacy

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

— Kenneth Rexroth