Jeffrey Osborne Quotes

I was introduced to soul music at a very young age - my mom was a soul singer.

As a kid, I loved to sing along to the Drifters and Otis Redding.

The first artist I really loved was Stevie Wonder. That opened the doors to other soul singers like Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin.

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

The Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it's never been difficult to pick up on the changing styles of music out there, and soul has always been my favourite genre.

When I started playing, I played in R&B bands. I played James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and all that.

I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music.

I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.

I grew up loving Etta James and Aretha Franklin and Al Green and Otis Redding, and I just love old-school R&B. It's just music that moves you and grooves you, and it was very important, I think, for music.

I had the great opportunity to work with some of the greatest artists - the Beach Boys, the Temptations, the Four Tops. Otis Redding. Wilson Pickett. Stevie Wonder. So many great singers. And don't forget Clarence Carter!

We got really excited by Motown and early '60s soul music that was fun sounding.

I like old Ashanti and stuff like that. I like a lot of old R&B music.

I'm into the old school. I listen to rock, soft rock, jazz, old school R&B.

I have always loved soul singers.

For a long time, soul music was maybe one of my favorite kinds of music.

I'm obsessed with the sound of today, but I was raised on the Motown sound.

With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the Jackson Five, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Supremes and Diana Ross' solo stuff. I just loved it.

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

I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax.

Where I came from in the country, there was no place to hear pop music like Little Richard and people like that. Later, I heard James Brown, Otis Redding, The Drifters, The Four Aces, The Ink Spots.

The Righteous Brothers were purely rhythm and blues, black music.

I listen to a lot of old stuff like Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations.

Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones, Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett.

Soul music is soul music. It can be wrapped up in a neo soul package; it can be called hip-hop soul. But soul is soul, and it's been around; it will never go away.

The '70s and '80s were just the period during which the best soul music was created and the best records were done.