Carter Quote by James Sellars

The Quartets have been a major part of my work.

— Elliott Carter

I love to write quartets. One could say that this is a mania.

— Heitor Villa-Lobos

My dad used to sing in a quartet. He loved everything: adult contemporary, anything smooth. He'd listen to the quartets.

— Keri Hilson

A friend of mine gave me a Philip Glass record. I listened to it for five hours before I realized it had a scratch…

— Emo Philips

I listened to George Carlin when I was a kid and knew every word of his routines.

— Sean Hayes

John Denver I listened to when I was in elementary school.

— Eric Close

There are a whole lot of Carter Family songs.

— John Carter Cash

That was when Neil discovered Jack Nietzsche. They went off and pretty much came up with that by themselves, but I thought it was…

— Stephen Stills

'Boy,' 'October,' 'War,' 'The Unforgettable Fire' and 'The Joshua Tree,' those records, they're part of my musical DNA and structure.

— Taylor Hawkins

I grew up listening to the quartets and I loved that so much that I wanted to see if I could make music and…

— Bill Gaither

My dad did a wonderful feat of memory and storytelling by taking T S Eliot's 'Four Quartets' on the road in a one-man show.

— Freddie Fox

I listen to a lot of John Legend and Sam Smith.

— Caleb McLaughlin