Jon Landau Quotes

I would describe my sound as classic Motown.

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.

I grew up on soul music. I was a dancing little creep.

I think my favorite song from another artist would have to be 'Superstition' by Stevie Wonder.

Miguel has this Prince, Marvin Gaye, old-school feel that I love.

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 still like the stuff from the old days: Marvin Gaye, Donnie Hathaway.

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.

My mum used to listen to Motown. Diana Ross was my first singing teacher, really. I'd just sing along all the time.

My mom taught me every dance move I've ever known to the Motown hits.

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.

Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.

I'm not a big disco guy.

It's like James Brown used to say... I don't know, but whatever I play it's got to be funky.

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

I'd been listening to some old '70s disco, soul stuff, and I thought, 'Let's go into the studio and do something different. Let's do something that's super unashamedly pop and fun and danceable.' 'Trouble' is what we did. It's something that wrote itself.

I love Motown, that whole era. Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson. I just put on Pandora, and put it on Motown, and it makes me smile; makes me smile so much.

I honed in on a great time, the Motown era, the '60s and '70s. That type of music has always been a staple in my life.

Barry White seemed so filled with self-parody at first that it was easy to dismiss him. But it is becoming increasingly obvious with every additional release that he is a very talented man.

I'm a hip-hop kind of guy, but to be honest with you, I could listen to R&B all day. Give me some slow jams, and I'm a happy person.

I've always been a big fan of the American soul sound.

I like a lot of old-school R&B, soul, and classic rock.

The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling.

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

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.