Between Quote by Walter Becker

Lou Reed's spirit and the way he did things was so important. Him and his music mean so much to me as the years…

— Jim James

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

Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.

— Ben Folds

Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really…

— Stephen Malkmus

I liked the more sophisticated urban style of blues like Ray Charles and B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lou Rawls; people like that…

— Edgar Winter

When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. I started by listening to…

— Frankie Valli

John Stowell plays jazz, but he doesn’t use any of the clichés; he has an incredible originality. John is a master creator.

— Larry Coryell

I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley.

— Bryan Ferry

Over time, I've loved jazz, Miles Davis and Chet Baker, then Janis and Jimi and Creedence, then classic rock.

— Juliette Lewis

I had always been a jazz fan - Django Reinhardt, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, the early George Benson. And I come from…

— Peter Frampton

As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano.

— Boz Scaggs

I had so much to consider before I joined Led Zeppelin. It wasn't a question of who had the best prospects, but which was…

— John Bonham