Classic rock Quote by Gabby Barrett

My earliest memories of music are probably my dad listening to a bunch of outlaw country, but also old R&B and Ray Charles, Aretha…

— Chris Stapleton

I think you get a lot of influence from what your parents play around you. So I always loved country, R&B and rock.

— Gabby Barrett

My parents brought me up on all different styles of music, like my Mum would listen to Motown R&B and my Dad was quite…

— Ella Henderson

I was into all kinds of music as a teen - country music, because my dad was in a band that played country, and…

— Martina McBride

At a young age, I was introduced to Joni Mitchell by my mum. My dad was into progressive rock.

— Mura Masa

I grew up listening to country music with my dad on the way to school.

— Lauren Daigle

I grew up with British rock.

— Bryan Adams

I started with rock n' roll and...then you start to take it apart like a child with a toy and you see there's blues…

— Elvis Costello

I have such a personal life history with R&B - it's the first music I remember hearing, and it feels like a family tradition.

— Giveon

I did country way back when I was, like, 13-14 years old, and then I kind of fell into the pop genre.

— Brooke Hogan

My dad used to listen to Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, and my mom liked Michael Bolton and Roy Orbison. She was pretty big…

— Orianthi

My dad was my first influence. He played classical guitar and my uncle Ron played the blues.

— Jason Becker