Jazz Quote by Lizz Wright

I studied classical and jazz music and went to a music school.

— Hardwell

I had always been interested in opera, going back to my college days at Carnegie Mellon. In my last year there, I even wrote…

— Stephen Schwartz

Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music…

— Bobby McFerrin

My mother was into opera and my father was into jazz, so there was a lot of jazz in the house where I grew…

— Chaka Khan

Both my mother and my grandmother aspired to be opera singers. And they studied it.

— Jihae

Music and opera are a big part of my life.

— Ailyn Perez

I finished my university studies with classical music while being in a successful metal band, but that was not an easy task at all.

— Tarja Turunen

I originally wanted to be an opera singer. I studied classical voice at the University of Washington but soon realised I didn't have the…

— Kyle MacLachlan

We grew up listening to a variety of music, such as Gospel/Christian, R&B old/new school, jazz, blues, Mozart, Mary Poppins, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand,…

— Michelle Carter

I've always had a love for music, and it developed as I learned jazz, blues, and gospel. And I performed with jazz singers in…

— Luke James

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

— Jan Hammer

As a teenager I studied opera, believe it or not. But I just couldn't catch on to it.

— Karen Black