After Quote by Chick Corea

I grew up to the sound of live music in our Brooklyn household.

— Tony Visconti

The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around '84 or '85.

— Boy George

When I was a teenager we'd hang out anywhere there was live music.

— Lucy Beaumont

When I was about 15 years old, I used to have a lot of jam sessions at my house. And all the kids would…

— Masego

I was crazy for music as a high school kid and a college kid.

— Alexandra Patsavas

[Manhattan School Of Music] were kind of just getting the jazz program up and going when I first started there. I was 17 in…

— Jon Gordon

New York had a big influence on me growing up, and I was really part of the club scene - the Mudd Club and…

— Dylan McDermott

'Hot Fuss' was all based on fantasy. The English influences, the makeup - they were what I imagined rock was. I'm a dreamer, you…

— Brandon Flowers

It was a really interesting time in New York in the late 70s and early 80s, and the music scene was really, really interesting…

— Jim Jarmusch

I was known around the college for jamming in the lounge.

— Bernie Worrell

There was always music in my house when I was a kid. On Saturday mornings, my mother would clean house to 45s blaring out…

— Steve Kazee

Folk music was out there. Clubs were springing up and they were hot with the college kids.

— Dick Smothers