Bald Quote by Sufjan Stevens

I didn't grow up with my dad, or around the whole legacy. I was post-Motown, so I'd always hear stories and wonder what was…

— Redfoo

I'd heard a lot of Motown and Stax when I was a kid, but the more well-known end of it. On Jam tours, we…

— Paul Weller

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

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

My folks had a lot of Motown records, so that was a kind of an early inspiration. I grew up on the radio really.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

When I was growing up, my dad would always be playing Motown around the house. He loved Stevie Wonder and the Supremes and got…

— Natalie Prass

My first memories of music were country music and Ronnie Milsap. Where I grew up, it was what you listened to. And anything else,…

— Luke Bryan

My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the…

— Katy B

My dad was a musician, played on the road and played all of his life. And I grew up in a musical family. I…

— Rickey Medlocke

My dad listened to George Jones and Hank Williams, and of course all the Motown stuff was unavoidable.

— Uncle Kracker

I do remember being a kid and hearing Van Halen. My dad was always playing Van Halen in the car.

— Nita Strauss

I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder…

— Jay-Z