Chuck berry Quote by Robert Hilburn

I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley.

— Bryan Ferry

I was always fascinated with rock 'n' roll, or girls, or something like that when I was a kid.

— Gary Sinise

I grew up listening to a lot of that stuff, Motown and Stooges. But also early rock-and-roll like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee…

— Alex Winston

I started listening to old school R&B artists like Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, and Donny Hathaway when I was in 6th grade.

— Sid Sriram

With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the…

— Jordin Sparks

I honed in on a great time, the Motown era, the '60s and '70s. That type of music has always been a staple in…

— Raphael Saadiq

I'm a child of the 80s so I grew up listening to an awesome variety of music. John Cougar Mellencamp, Tom Petty. I've always…

— Ty Stone

My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat King Cole,…

— Gloria Estefan

When I started reaching teenage years, I listened to everything that was on the radio like everyone else did, which was Chuck Berry, Beach…

— Ronnie Montrose

I was born in 1963. So the '70s were my teenage years. As a teenager, I was into rock and roll - Bowie, Rolling…

— Jean-Marc Vallee

In Denver, all we really had was pop radio, so I grew up on all that late '70s pop stuff - Billy Joel, James…

— India Arie

I grew up watching the films of 'Carousel' and 'Oklahoma' and 'The Music Man' and 'My Fair Lady' - all the classic musicals of…

— Jessie Mueller