Childhood Quote by Jonas Blue

Northern soul was huge in Manchester in the '70s and '80s; I went to a lot of all-nighters.

— Ian Brown

I grew up listening to Oasis and The Verve; English music was huge in my house.

— Dean Lewis

I grew in the inner city, listening to Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, The Commodores - lots of soul music.

— Stefon Harris

We're Midwestern guys who grew up listening to soul music.

— Isaac Hanson

I stumbled into soul music at a very young age. It had something that really spoke to me. Nowadays it's not only American gospel…

— Erik Hassle

I love the London vibe. I get so much love from London that I never had from other places. It's crazy. The people there…

— Kaytranada

There's a focus that hasn't been there for ages and ages and some American bands are sounding quite English like they did in the…

— Graham Coxon

Bristol is known for having quite a good success rate of music - Massive Attack and Portishead, that drum and bass, dance music scene.…

— Jacob Anderson

England has had a lot of really bad periods of music, but it's had several amazing periods where they've found an incredible balance, not…

— Tod Machover

When we first started in Los Angeles, we thought of ourselves in our own delusional way as being a British band, even though we'd…

— Ron Mael

The people I admire are Tim Buckley and John Martyn - singers that grew into themselves and were honest. John Martyn is one of…

— Paolo Nutini

You know Manchester is always a bit of a hard place for people coming from London, just with all the history. Manchester has this…

— Graham Coxon