Boys Quote by Jesse McCartney

My dad listened to a lot of James Taylor when I was growing up. We had a couple of his cassettes in the car,…

— Jessie Mueller

My first records were KISS's 'Love Gun,' Twisted Sister's 'Stay Hungry,' and Motley Crue's 'Shout at the Devil.' That had immense influence on me.

— Tobias Forge

My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my first record…

— Jill Scott

I don't recall what the first record I bought was, but I definitely remember hearing Creedence's 'Born on the Bayou' and going out and…

— Harry Dean Stanton

The first record I heard as a kid? My dad is a great soul and blues fan, so he showed me James Brown. That…

— Bakermat

I have a real soft spot for flying saucer songs and Frenkenstein songs. When I was a kid the first record I ever really…

— Tom Verlaine

I'd been listening to African-American music since the first record I ever bought, which was by Sam Cooke. And it sounds more like my…

— David Toop

I'm a fan of all music, and probably my first - well, not the very first music I listened to, but back in the…

— Timothy B. Schmit

My older brother had a lot of Elvis on vinyl, and really, that was my first introduction to music during the Fifties.

— Kiki Dee

Like anybody else of my era, I listened to a whole lot of Michael Jackson. I guess I was probably inspired by the way…

— Ketch Secor

Music didn't really occur to me. Michael Jordan and Batman were my favorite two entities then. Michael Jackson was there, but I didn't really…

— Willis Earl Beal

The first memory I have was my sisters dancing to the radio when they played records by Benny Goodman and Harry James and of…

— Jerry Leiber