“I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to records when I was a teenager, the folk boom was going on.” ThinkingRecordsListeningBandFolksSingersTeenagerStrings Author:Loudon Wainwright III
“When I was young, I never bought records because my brother Joseph played saxophone and had a record player. I loved listening to his records: The Dorsey Brothers, Duke Ellington, all the big American jazz bands, and vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald, Ernestine Anderson, and Kitty White, a singer from the US who was a friend of Nina Simone. Nobody in America seems to know about her, but she was quite popular in South Africa.” KnowsBigsSeemsAmericaYoungWhiteRecordsPlayerBrotherListeningBandJazzSouthSingersMy BrotherSouth AfricaDukesSaxophoneKittiesNinaVocalistJazz BandRecord Players Author:Miriam Makeba
“It came from my mother. She was a singer, and literally every day of the week she sang at a different club in a different genre of music: country, R&B clubs, jazz clubs, church on Sunday morning where she was the music director, pop hits, soft rock. I grew up listening to all this music, so it was never one thing for me.” DifferentCountryMotherChurchMorningOne ThingWeekRocksListeningGrewDirectorsGrew UpJazzClubsPopsSingersGenreSundaySunday MorningDifferent GenresDays Of The WeekGenres Of MusicChurch On SundayDifferent Genres Of Music Author:Robert Glasper
“I am glad so many women singers are being heard in music today. It is healthy for music . . . healthy because it means a lot of men are listening!” MenMeanTodayHeardListeningHealthySingersGlad Author:Judy Collins
“The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind.” WorldWayMindFirstsMeanWholeBodyFacesMotherSongSoundVisionDoorsHeardAchieveRocksTalentCarChangedListeningShotsFirst TimePopsIntellectYour BodySingersWhole WorldBrokeLimitationRock N RollBobNew WaysDylanSnaresPop Song Author:Bruce Springsteen
“I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it - like, they say "rock". Because the white singers can't sound like James Brown, they call him "soul". They've been doing that for years. That's the prejudice crap.” YearsSoulKidsUsedEnjoySoundWhiteCompanyRecordsRocksListeningBandPrejudiceRadioSingersLabelsBrownCrapRecord Companies Author:Miles Davis
“I just became obsessed with looking for new singers, unknown singers, people that maybe have been forgotten, and really checking them out and analyzing what they do - and obsessive listening. I think that's the core of my work on music - has been just listening to things and listening to singers.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensListeningForgottenSingersCoreObsessedObsessiveJust ListenAnalyzing Author:Cecile McLorin Salvant
“A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.” LoveBelieveGirlLeftWomenWiseLove YouListeningSadKissingLeavingActressesSingersAnniversaryFamous WomenInspirational WomenUnforgettableI Love You So MuchJust A GirlWise GirlBehind A SmileImperfection Is Beauty Author:Marilyn Monroe