Being Quote by Thundercat

Growing up, I listened to a lot of jazz and blues records - John Coltrane and Etta James. I was also really into Radiohead…

— Alex Clare

I've listened to Jazz since I was born and always knew I'd be a Jazz singer!

— Jane Monheit

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

— Kenneth Rexroth

I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.

— Baz Luhrmann

I grew up listening to a lot of classic jazz, and stuff like The Beatles, and old Motown stuff, and a lot of classical…

— Alison Sudol

I wouldn't know absolutely everything I've been influenced by, but the first jazz I heard was Duke Ellington.

— Melody Gardot

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

— Steve Lacy

My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.

— Mose Allison

I was into jazz even when I was a kid. My parents would play Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, and Dixieland music. I loved The…

— Page Hamilton

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

— Jan Hammer

My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were…

— Wallace Shawn

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

— Andy Summers