Quotes About Music

My dad loved jazz, so there was a little Miles Davis, Otis Redding, Donny Hathaway. My mum is French, so she'd listen to a lot of French music, but a lot of the music that actually formed my taste, I just found online.

Interestingly enough Miles Davis was an influence, and the way he approached harmonics. And one of my biggest influences was Dionne Warwick, early Dionne Warwick.

When we came up, Clive Davis and other record execs would do anything to keep Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, even Johnny Mathis intact, because they wanted to keep alive a musical legacy. As a result, those artists were able to spend 30 to 40 years in the business and still make a living, still have a fan base.

'Breathless' was an important milestone in my life.

There are different milestones in my career. Playing a festival at 16 was a milestone and I was really happy when I played my first show.

The Backstreet Boys are easy; they're cream. And then here we are, this nine-piece metal militia.

There's a sort of magic and music to comedy. Some words, some numbers even, are funnier than others. A Caramac bar, for instance, is funnier than a Milky Way.

At times I put in Meek Mill and listen to some R&B, some Merengue, Dominican music. I really listen to pretty much everything.

One of my main people I look up to is Meek Mill.

The first artists i was ever introduced to was Meek Mill and IAmSu!

I listen to a lot of Drake and Meek Mill before games.

I appreciate Drake's music, I appreciate Future's music, I appreciate Lil Durk's music. I appreciate Uzi, Meek Mill, I appreciate Migos.

The reason why Millennials are inspiring is what they give: the music they give.

I love Mac Miller. I'm a big Drake fan. I love Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Bob Marley.

I always thought backpack swag was cool, but the more I do it, the more it is in light of Mac Miller.

I remember Mitch Miller saying every week, This rock and roll stuff will never last. But one doesn't like to bring that up to Mitch.

I wanted to be Buck Owens and Bill Anderson and Roger Miller. With a higher-resolution video screen. And lasers.

I loved Roger Miller.

I used to read a lot of Steinbeck, and I admired Roger Miller and Bob Dylan.

Mac Miller is my best friend in the industry.

The thing is, Mac Miller wrote all of 'Divine Feminine.' That was a great album.

Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.

I think that's one of the beautiful things about this genre is that everyone who's in it isn't in it to make a million bucks and be popular, because that's not always our M.O. Really, I think the last time that rock was truly in the mainstream was probably a point in time in the '90s when there was a lot of alternative that was on the pop charts.

No matter what anyone else thinks, if someone appreciates what you do, whether it's 10 people or a million people, it's all good - because the only reason you make music is to have someone appreciate it.