Buried Quote by Ray Charles

My music is roots music: it's a combination of growing up on the coast and mucking around with wood and wooden tones and sounds,…

— Xavier Rudd

My roots have never left me... because the very first memory I have is my mom singing and me singing with her.

— Charlie Haden

I was raised around music.

— Scott Porter

Like a lot of young people growing up in the middle of nowhere, I was desperate to leave my small town behind, but music…

— KT Tunstall

My roots are Carnatic music. I think everything stems from that.

— Sid Sriram

Growing up in the U.S., music became a way for me to find my roots and anchor points.

— Sid Sriram

The roots of my music start from the ghetto.

— Ziggy Marley

As a songwriter, I was always mining my own depths, which were filled with confusion and darkness.

— Mary Gauthier

There was never anything in particular that led me to music. Music is in my DNA.

— Philip Bailey

I had a life outside of music too.

— Jay Rock

music became my refuge and then my salvation.

— Lena Horne

In the midst of hardship, it was the music that restored my soul.

— Ji-Hae Park