Family Quote by Giveon

My dad was into classic rock and R&B, which I originally started in. And then my mom did the country.

— Gabby Barrett

My parents were both very musically inclined, they were both songwriters and musicians, so we grew up in the house singing music together, and…

— Jesse McCartney

When it comes to '90s R&B, I grew up on a lot of Aaliyah and Destiny's Child, Missy Elliott, Usher, Jill Scott. Whatever my…

— Justine Skye

I've always been kind of surrounded by music my whole life, so my earliest memories of it were just hearing it in the house.

— Jillian Hervey

My dad is a huge folk music fan, so growing up, there were always records playing in my house. Carole King, James Taylor, Simon…

— Jake Epstein

It was very interesting in my world, because I grew up as a fan and I did not know that there was a thing…

— Lionel Richie

My whole family's been involved with music, and it's been so since the minstrel days.

— Leon Russell

Prior to that, I had associated this music with older people, like my father.

— Benny Green

Everybody's family plays them music, and my grandma used to play a lot of old-school stuff, like Ron Isley and Gladys Knight. Earth, Wind…

— Bryson Tiller

I fell in love with R&B music at a young age. The energy and aesthetic of that genre strike an emotional chord with me.

— Sid Sriram

In my neighborhood, it was all jazz for a while. Then we grew up into R&B and soul.

— Don Cornelius

My mum and dad used to listen to a lot of R&B and soul, so this was the way I grew up. Hip-hop, of…

— Kevin-Prince Boateng