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At 16, I started really loving country music, and Collin Raye just had the most amazing ballads!

— India Arie

When my friends were listening to hip-hop or R&B, I was in the crib listening to Billy Joel and Michael Bolton, Luther Vandross, and…

— Robert Glasper

I was a huge Garth Brooks fan.

— Jon Pardi

I was doing gigs at 16, belting out all the big ballads like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.

— Sarah Harding

I guess from 12 onwards I was always into my music.

— King Krule

I started with Bobby Darin. He signed me to Capitol when I was 15. I was 14, getting ready to be 15. Then the…

— Merry Clayton

I started playing around with local rock band swith the alto. And then, in a nutshell, somebody fell ill one night, the lead singer…

— David Bowie

I've always been a huge fan of Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and George Strait. That's what I grew up on. But I also loved…

— Chris Lane

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with Shania Twain. I would always go sing the song 'Honey I'm Home.' I was, like,…

— Kirstin Maldonado

I had always loved music. I grew up listening to classic country, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard. My dad loved Vern Gosdin and Keith Whitley.…

— Jake Owen

When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15.

— Johnny Winter

I actually started singing those songs six or seven years ago, when I was an opening act for Frank Sinatra.

— Pia Zadora