“I grew in the inner city, listening to Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, The Commodores - lots of soul music.” SoulCitiesWonderListeningGrewBrownInner CityMusic Soul Author:Stefon Harris
“I grew up listening to Nirvana, and then went through some bad 90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders.” StuffWonderListeningGrewGrew UpPopsAustralian Author:Courtney Barnett
“I grew up falling in love with kind of story, amazing, wonder tale of the East, which if you're a child growing up in India is all around you.And I think one of the gifts it gave me as a writer was this early knowledge that stories are not true.” IfsThinkingKindChildrenStoriesFallWonderGrowing UpGrowingGrewGrew UpIndiaFalling In LoveEastTalesChildren Growing UpGrowing Children Author:Salman Rushdie
“Yet nor the lays of birds nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue Could make me any summer's story tell, Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew; Nor did I wonder at the lily's white, Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose; They were but sweet, but figures of delight, Drawn after you, you pattern of all those.” DifferentStoriesWhiteWonderFiguresSweetFlowerGrewProudSummerBirdPraiseLaysRosePatternsDelightSmellLapLiliesHuePluckApril And Spring Book:The Globe Edition. The Works of William Shakespeare, Edited by W. G. Clark and W. Aldis Wright Source: The Globe Edition. The Works of William Shakespeare, Edited by W. G. Clark and W. Aldis Wright
“I grew up watching all the great Disney animated films and to be able to carry that torch and know that I'm contributing to the same magic and wonder for a whole new generation is a great thing.” KnowsWholeAbleFilmWonderGenerationsMagicGrewGrew UpGreat ThingsAnimatedContributingTorchesNew GenerationAnimated Films Author:Jim Cummings
“My parents were real classic rock freaks, so I heard a lot of Zeppelin, Stones, Hendrix stuff. Thankfully, they were also into lots of old soul, too, so we listened to Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire and War. I was so isolated where I grew up (a small town in Pennsylvania) that there was literally no culture.” WarRealSoulEarthCultureStuffParentWonderFireHeardRocksWindGrewGrew UpStonesTownsClassicFreakIsolatedSmall TownPennsylvaniaHendrixZeppelinsOld SoulClassic Rock Author:Princess Superstar
“I lived in Detroit until I was six. My older sister was living with us, and she listened to the Ohio Players and Stevie Wonder, so I grew up listening to stuff like that.” StuffWonderPlayerListeningGrewSixGrew UpDetroitOhioOlder Sister Author:Boots Riley
“I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.” SoulHouseSoundWonderRecordsGrewMomProjectsGrew UpFilledMy MomPopsCollectionsBrooklynMotown Author:Jay-Z