Cream Quote by Jack White

Growing up, I listened to a lot of jazz and blues records - John Coltrane and Etta James. I was also really into Radiohead…

— Alex Clare

I have been influenced by music. I grew up listening to blues, jazz and all.

— Redfoo

I grew up listening to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and lots of blues, R&B and Motown.

— L'Wren Scott

That's kinda what happened to me: I listened to jazz, country, R&B, rock 'n' roll. And when I sat down to write a song,…

— J. J. Cale

I grew up in a family that was very musical, learned the blues and everything like that. And I became a little bit frustrated…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

My first memories of music were country music and Ronnie Milsap. Where I grew up, it was what you listened to. And anything else,…

— Luke Bryan

When I learned to play music, I was listening to blues music. And all the blues music I liked was super simple and stripped…

— Dan Auerbach

I actually grew up on rock music; that's what was played around my house. I listened to Led Zepplin, AC/DC, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Nirvana,…

— Murda Beatz

I was exposed to jazz and blues and gospel and country music and rock, and I was the only kid I knew who knew…

— Steve Miller

I was addicted to rhythm 'n' blues pretty much directly into folk music. I had my little 45s of mostly black artists. That was…

— Joan Baez

I grew up listening to a lot of classic jazz, and stuff like The Beatles, and old Motown stuff, and a lot of classical…

— Alison Sudol

For me, the most powerful form of music was gospel music. It led me to the blues.

— Susan Tedeschi