Age Quote by Troy Carter

As a kid, I used to go see all the jazz players, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespe.

— Jim Coleman

I was Jazzy Jeff's assistant.

— Troy Carter

Back in the day in my teens I was listening to Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery a lot; before that I was listening to…

— Larry Carlton

I thought I was going to be a rapper as a kid and used to hop the train down to Jazzy Jeff's studio for,…

— Troy Carter

I was heavily influenced by Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz, but I kind of wanted to take it somewhere else.

— Rakim

Tony Williams, Billy Cobham and Lenny White; some of those guys were big influences on me.

— Danny Carey

I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lester…

— Flea

Here's the thing: I started with Johnny Rodz at his school when I was very young. I never really got to see what was…

— Big Cass

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

— Mose Allison

Gene Autry was the most. It may sound like a joke - Go and have a look in my bedroom, It's covered with Gene…

— Ringo Starr

While other kids were into New Kids on the Block, I was into Harold Lloyd and Stan Laurel.

— Diane Morgan

I had this little rap group, and we were called '2 Too Many'... We used to hang out in front of Jazzy Jeff's record…

— Troy Carter