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“You must remember I grew up around music. Three of my family were musicians.”

Remember Three Grew Grew Up Musician My Family

Author:Lori Singer

“I’ve been making electronic music for twenty some odd years but, because I grew up playing in punk rock bands, when I started touring, I thought in order to be a viable touring musician I had to do it with a band. I would DJ or tour with a full rock band.”

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Author:Moby

“I grew up in church. That's how most young African American musicians learn how to perform. You could be six years old and playing organ or drums in front of thousands or hundreds of people.”

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Author:Robert Glasper

“We not only grew up on Be-Bop; Be-Bop raised us. For my generation, Be-Bop came on like a light bulb going flash behind the eyes.For us, it was not only an intellectual movement, but a way of life. We walked, dressed, and rapped Be-Bop.”

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Book:Airing Dirty Laundry

Source: Airing Dirty Laundry

“Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listening to his music.”

Knows Feels Guy Listening Grew Grew Up Musician Incredibles

Author:Action Bronson

“My parents are artists, so I grew up with my mom having bonfires, seven guitars, and talented musicians and artists around like Jack Hirschman.”

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Author:Amber Tamblyn

“I could sing and play as well. I've got some brothers; one of them is the drummer in the band. They're good musicians. I play for fun. They play properly. Music in general, I grew up in a house of musicians. Everybody's life has a soundtrack, I'm sitting here talking to you but there are horns beeping outside. I know I'm in New York. That's an element in the film as well. How strong that sense can be.”

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Author:Jonathan Rhys Meyers

“I grew up listening to my grandfather's stories of our musical past. He would often talk about the orchestras that played at concerts and the musicians who played on Sunday evenings on street corners. By the time I grew up in the '80s, all of this was a thing of the past. I lived vicariously through his stories and often wondered what it would have felt like to have been part of his generation.”

“Music to me is something that I didn't choose; it was a necessity. I grew up with music, my father is a musician. It makes me happy; it makes people happy.”

People Father Grew Grew Up Musician Make Me Happy Making People Happy

Author:Ingrid Michaelson

“My brother and I grew up in a musical family. We have an older sister who sings and plays the piano. Our dad is a musician. Music was always a part of our lives.”

Play Our Lives Brother Grew Dad Grew Up Musician Musical Piano My Brother Older Sister

Author:Laura Allen

“I grew up around music. My father was a professional musician. We used to have a trailer house that we travelled in. I've always loved music. Started out loving to sing to the standards and songs of the early 50s, then that interest shifted to rock and roll, Motown, folk.”

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Author:Timothy B. Schmit

“My father was a musician, and I've always loved writing. I grew up in New York City during a time when hip hop music was surrounding you with the hip hop culture, and it felt natural. I was a really huge fan of the music.”

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Author:El-P

“I grew up in a classical music household. My dad is a phenomenal musician who can play any and all instruments, can sight read, can play by ear.”

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Author:Bill Walton

“We all grew up idolizing another musician. That's how this works. That's how music is created.”

Grew Grew Up Musician Music Is

Author:Bruno Mars

“I don't really know any other musicians like me. I grew up backstage with my dad who played in a post-war dance band, so I always feel at home at a venue.”

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Author:Pete Townshend

“I would love to interview Dave Grohl. I just think he's an amazing musician, and I grew up listening to Nirvana, so I have so many questions about that.”

Thinking Listening Grew Grew Up Musician Interviews Dave

Author:Malin Akerman