Tory Lanez Quotes

I grew up listening to a lot of different types of music, and R&B in particular was something that I loved - Aaliyah, Usher, Alicia Keys, TLC.

Between my mom and dad, I would hear a lot of Earth, Wind, and Fire. My mom loved Chaka Khan, so that was on in the car a lot.

As far as R&B, I listen to a lot of old school like the Temptations and Chris Brown.

I always liked jazz. And my people liked the old blues, race records and the doo-wop and all that.

I've always loved R&B. That love seemed to start in church. But then I saw Carrie Underwood on American Idol, and I fell in love with country. Heck, I loved the hair bands of the '80s too, so I have always loved country and rock 'n' roll.

I feel like pop and R&B are just my core.

We had some Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross, but there's a lot of hip-hop and other black music that I just never grew up on. My parents didn't listen to anything other than black gospel.

I think your musical tastes are largely shaped at a young age by your parents, as they're in charge of what's on in the car.

I have a lot of variety on my iPod. Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, artists like that, but I also listen to hip-hop as well.

I listen to jazz and gospel... yeah that's basically what I listen to.

I grew up in a household in which they'd always play old skool classic R&B love songs - Al Green, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye... And my mom has even said that, when I was in her womb, she'd put the headphones to her stomach and play those songs to me!

R&B is never going to be dead, it's just going to evolve.

My listening changed when I heard music from Stax, Atlantic, Motown because by that age I thought anything that my parents listened to must be square. So I had to find my own rock n' roll, as it were, and I found it in black soul music.

I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.

One of the things that was a blessing for me is my parents were music lovers. Neither of my parents played an instrument, but they were avid record buyers. And I grew up at every age listening to all kinds of music.

I grew up in a jazz household. They made me listen to jazz before I could hear my Motown.

Most of the people that I spend my time around are people who listen to a whole lot of different kinds of music.

I always loved soul music. My dad was a very religious guy, and we would listen to a lot of gospel and soul music. My college girlfriend introduced me to musicals. She listened to them, so that was the first time I heard 'Dream Girls.'

My mom was a big fan of Al Green... James Brown we weren't allowed to listen to, so of course I knew James Brown.

My parents' record collection was the music I was hearing as long as I can remember, and I would play Otis Redding over and over again.

My favorite soul artist, I would have to say D'Angelo. That's R&B, soul. Trap artist, I would probably have to say...Young Thug.

I grew up in a very strict household, where secular music was forbidden.

I really like R&B more than rap.

I'm like two different people. The way I sing comes from the music I listened to when I was younger, from black American R&B singers. My speaking voice is something else. It's what my mum and dad taught me.

I'm very lucky my parents were into different kinds of music.