Disco Quote by Hope Sandoval

Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish…

— Maya Angelou

Friends in the Midwest often ask me what it's like to raise a family in Los Angeles. I say it's just like where they…

— Steven Levitan

For me, my family is from Los Angeles.

— Max Fried

I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.

— Lisa See

“A three-piece Mexican band was making the kind of music a Mexican band always makes. Whatever they play, it all sounds the same. They…

— Raymond Chandler

For real, some of my favorite music is Mexican. It's something about the bassline and the drumming. I can't even speak Spanish, but that's…

— Yelawolf

I wanted to infuse my music with Mexican character.

— Natalia Lafourcade

Sometimes, I actually have missed my trainee days. Because, back then, we were surrounded by music all the time.

— Rose

I was surrounded by music in my family, surrounded by people who sang songs - every single person I knew as a child growing…

— Roisin Murphy

These days, you're always surrounded by music and sounds, whether you're in the mall or a subway car.

— Ludwig Goransson

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

Music's always been a big part of my life. Because of my father, I was always surrounded by music and musicians, and in school,…

— Timothy B. Schmit

I'm surrounded by music; I always was when I was growing up and continue to be. And I love music. And when I imagine…

— Lorrie Moore

Growing up, I was definitely surrounded by music all the time. My parents used to always play music; my dad used to have reggae…

— Stefflon Don

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