Become Quote by Trombone Shorty

I wanted to be known as a better musician more than anything.

— Tiffany Darwish

My ambition was to be a record producer, and I had started doing that in the late '60s with my work with the MC5…

— Jon Landau

I was a folk singer who became totally over the edge with country music. I found my voice and style working with Gram Parsons.…

— Emmylou Harris

Earlier in my career, I just wanted to be an entertainer.

— Metta World Peace

I come from a musical family. My dad was in a group in the 70s, The Hudson Brothers. Now he's a songwriter and producer.…

— Sarah Hudson

I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records.

— Billy Sherwood

I was a pioneer in doing one thing, but it hurt me in another. I would have liked to have had a record career.…

— Leslie Uggams

I was a musical theatre geek in high school and college.

— Toks Olagundoye

I was playing surf music with my band when a girlfriend of mine who had come from Los Angeles took me to a James…

— Timothy B. Schmit

I trained classically for 11 years and then studied musical theater at AMDA New York. My dad is a singer-songwriter, so I followed in…

— Madeline Brewer

James Brown really taught me a lot - his lyrics and his performance and whatever he does when he's onstage. I'll always call him…

— Charles Bradley

When I first started, I worked with my father, Alex 'Little Bill' Wallace; he was a guitarist like B.B. King. I was around 13…

— Wadada Leo Smith