Air Quote by Paul Laffoley

I think my first impression (of Bix Beiderbecke) was the lasting one. I remember very clearly thinking, 'Where, what planet, did this guy come…

— Benny Goodman

My earlier days were all about playing, writing songs and producing songs. In the early 90's my former wife, Marylata Elton, got tapped to…

— Danny Jacob

My father, Harold, loved music. The radio was on all the time at home, and he had lots of great pop and light classical…

— Richard Carpenter

The first part of my career was indeed as a performer and recording artist, and I am still keenly involved with both. While rummaging…

— Barbara Harbach

I used to listen to Keith Urban and Johnny Cash and stuff.

— Cody Simpson

“On Sunday evenings, there was a comparatively vast array of radio shows from which to choose. Frequently I would lie in my bed with…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

From a small child to right now - I mean, when I was five years old, Red Norville, Tal Farlow, Charles Mingus, Les Paul,…

— Steve Miller

I was a guitar player in a band that had two keyboard players, sometimes two other guitarists, a bass player, and a drummer, four…

— Joe Satriani

My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that…

— Tom Glazer

Back in the day in my teens I was listening to Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery a lot; before that I was listening to…

— Larry Carlton

When I was 16 years old, I had a chance meeting in Bellingham, Washington, of all places on planet Earth, with the legendary composer…

— Bear McCreary

John was great to work with, and a lot of fun. I wish Id had the chance to make more music with him, of…

— Tony Levin