Mac Miller Quotes

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

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

I like the blues a lot. I grew up on it.

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

When 'Nevermind' came out, my roommate had the CD. At first, I actually thought, 'This is too polished and commercial.' It was a little off-putting. But then I was like, 'This is the best music ever.' It felt so close to what I wanted to do.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

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.

Growing up, I never listened to English music. I was more into Motown, as well as early rock n' roll like Chuck Berry and Little Richard.

I'm a fan of Miguel's; he's a friend of mine. I like melodic music, you know?

I learn tons of John Frusciante's licks from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'm never going to play like the Chili Peppers, but I might use that if I've got a dub beat or reggae thing mixed with a soul thing.

Henley's one of my favorite singers. I've maintained a friendship with Don over the years.

The first record I was really into was the Drifters' 'When My Little Girl Is Smiling.'

I remember, when I heard Jeff Buckley's 'Grace,' on first listen I just thought it was such a great song.

Obviously, Sonic Youth has been a huge part of my life for many, many years, and I love all those guys dearly.

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.

My bassist Jorgen Jorgensen opened up my life to a lot of great, obscure old soul records.

One of my best friends is quite into rap, and I'm always being introduced to music by him.

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

I don't know that Dilla was the father of neo-soul as much as he was highly influential in that time when he was doing what he was doing at his best… Dilla's influence transcended genre and it transcended region.

I don't consider that I'm particularly influenced by anyone or anything. But when I started playing, I was influenced by early soul. It was just that feel, that sound.

I love soul music, that's my real love in life and in whatever shape or form it is.

If you're listening to music, then the music is your friend; or if you're with a person, then that person can be your friend because you're communicating.

Soul music has so many great artists who put their thing down. That's important.

I did not initially take to the music of the Ramones, because I had never really heard of them before. Allan Arkush had given me a cassette of the Ramones and said, "You're their No. 1 fan, so I want you to know all of their songs and fall in love with these guys." I put the cassette on and I remember running around the house going, "Oh my God. That's music?"

Well, I was in a band. I was the singer with a band called the Soul Satisfiers. I sang then quite a bit of Jazz and some Top 40 stuff.