Back Quote by Dianne Reeves

I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive.

— Marvin Hamlisch

I was listening to a lot of bebop. And to Miles Davis. Everyone thinks I was just in the folk world in 1966, but…

— Donovan

I was put on so many different musical stages growing up that I didn't think about what kind of music we played. I just…

— Trombone Shorty

I always had an appreciation for diverse musical styles.

— Mick Foley

I was growing up at a time when you just couldn't go to the movies without hearing immortal film music. And I inherited from…

— Bear McCreary

My greatest influence came from my parents' love of classical music. We listened to a lot of arias and operas growing up.

— Lara Fabian

My musical influences are from the '50s: Bill Evans, Miles Davis and Ahmad Jamal.

— Michael Moriarty

Leonard Bernstein was probably the most significant formative influence on me - he was such an encompassing musician. I spent my teenage years absorbing…

— Jason Robert Brown

I had a very unique musical upbringing.

— Bear McCreary

I wasn't listening to that much classical music - not much more than anything else. I was really lucky to have parents who loved…

— Cecile McLorin Salvant

I had been exposed to classical music my whole life; even before I was born.

— Jason Becker

Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.

— Harry Mathews