St. Lucia Quotes

Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.

I grew up listening to pop music with my dad in the car, and we'd just listen to Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Earth Wind & Fire, KC and the Sunshine Band - all that good stuff. So to see it snaking its way back around again is really exciting, and I love listening to the radio.

I love old R&B records.

I'm a big fan of pop music - I think Marvin Gaye was pop music; things like that.

It wasn't until my late teens that I really got into soul music and then I was like 'Ooh, this is good!' You'd always here it at old family parties, like, Gladys Knight and I'd always love it but I didn't really get to know it and respect it until I was a bit older.

I drew a lot of inspiration from the Ginuwines, the Ushers, the Michael Jacksons, the James Browns, Sam Cooke.

My music diet growing up was lots of sugar. Lots of retro-pop sugar. Motown, disco. A lot of English rock, like the Turtles, the Zombies, Bowie and stuff like that.

For a long time I wasn't actually listening to pop. But when I got back into electronic and hip-hop stuff, I rediscovered my passion for pop music.

I grew up with Cher and Motown, beautiful costumes.

I used to go to soul nights because I loved dancing, and so did my friends, and we loved the music. We used to go listen to black American soul.

I stumbled into soul music at a very young age. It had something that really spoke to me.

Funk, I don't think I have anything to do with funk. I've never considered myself funky.

My father would play Stevie Wonder in the car, but that never sunk in.

People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.

When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listeners of the '60s and '70s, particularly in Canada, missed out on an outpouring of brilliant R&B music.

Soul music is timeless.

Even before coming into the industry, I was a big fan of Motown, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes.

I do love dance music. I love Daft Punk. I mean, I was a child in the '80s, so bands like the Eurythmics and just so many great '80s bands were dance bands, but they had the whole soul thing happening, too.

I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.

I love Marvin Gaye. I like jazz and all that stuff.

I still love listening to the old stuff - Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, you know. I stick to the old school stuff, but I love Mark Ronson. I love John Legend.

Classic rock, psychedelic rock - I like to dig up old music and see what I can get influenced by.

I've always loved Dusty Springfield and Martha Reeves.

I started listening to old school R&B artists like Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, and Donny Hathaway when I was in 6th grade.

I love soul music.