Areas Quote by Stephen Mallinder

I started off working with Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington at 9. Then on to working with Elvis and Tom Jones…

— Leslie Uggams

I was part of the first wave of singer/songwriters but I was also in that first wave of singer/songwriters who experienced the music industry…

— Melissa Manchester

Of course we had the best possible classical education, which gave us a very strong foundation and tradition. But we also learned a lot…

— Luka Sulic

The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But what differentiated us from…

— Kevin Ayers

I worked as an artist, played in a band, met Andy Warhol, Christo, Lou Reed, and David Byrne. I had fun.

— Mary Lou Jepsen

We [No Doubt] were making music that was the opposite of grunge and what was popular on the radio, and we were fine with…

— Gwen Stefani

My father was a songwriter and he had a studio, and I was always surrounded by musicians and people creating music. I think I…

— Lorne Balfe

When my father was, you know, a very big artist in the 1970s and then later up through the '80s. And then I began…

— John Carter Cash

We were all friends who formed a band. We weren't auditioned or put together by a record label, management company or TV show.

— Keren Woodward

My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make…

— Rufus Wainwright

I had a band with David Gates. There was just a lot of opportunity at that time. But I left for Los Angeles the…

— Leon Russell

We were kids that didn't have any education. None of our parents were in the music business or even college graduates. We didn't have…

— Benji Madden