Danny Gokey Quotes

Around 14, I was turned on to Shania, Reba, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood... and I've followed it ever since.

I was first influenced by a friend in fifth grade when he brought a Walkman to school and was listening to 'Paradise City' by Guns 'N Roses, which he had concealed within his hoodie. He put the headphones over my ears and I was completely blown away by what I heard. I'll never forget that.

My brother brought home 'At San Quentin' when I was about 7, and we played it over and over again.

My mother, a very eclectic listener, had the first Doors album and gave it to me when I expressed interest in the band. It was one of the first records I ever had. As the years passed, the babysitters who used to look after me would bring their Doors albums to the apartment, and that's how I got to hear their later work.

I listened to Country music a little bit, but it didn't enter my life until I started listening to Eric Church.

I love traditional country music, and I feel like there's a need for it and a want for it. But I enjoy everybody in country music.

My dad is huge on music, so he always made tapes from his friends. That's how I got into music.

I got into James Blake quite early, like when I was early teen, and that was really important for me.

Growing up, I was definitely surrounded by music all the time. My parents used to always play music; my dad used to have reggae on. I remember walking around with a cassette recorder, and I used to just record the songs I would hear on the radio so I could play it back when I feel like.

When I was 15, I got super into Eric Clapton. My father took notice of this and got me a guitar for Christmas.

I love heavy music, but you see, I had fallen in love with a radio station in Vegas that played nothing but Eighties music. That had a real profound impact on me.

I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music.

It's not very often that I like new bands.

I love country music, always have and always will.

When your dad is a country music fan and you take long car trips, you become one too.

I'd say we do reach somewhat of a younger audience, but I think for the most part that younger audience is picking our music up from a brother or sister or even parent, who is turning them onto the band.

One thing that did get me into a lot of different types of music was when I was very young, the local record store went out of business and they were selling off all the vinyl. I remember going in - I was probably 16 or 17 and I'd just gotten a record player as a present. It was like hitting the jackpot: all these records for $3 apiece.

In the end, my children put me on to Pink Floyd when they were teenagers.

I grew up loving classic rock music - The Beatles, The Rolling Stones - and then one day I heard 'Baby One More Time' on the radio and I thought 'What is this?' I was eight and it changed my life.

I consume music the way other people consume movies.

Usually, I think you have most of your musical influences locked down by the time you're 16.

Record covers helped me discover a lot of music that I wasn't aware of.

My dad dragged me to a Bruce Springsteen concert as a kid. It was my first concert, but I fell asleep in the middle. My second concert was Weezer on the 'Pinkerton' tour, and 'Pinkerton' is the reason why I'm doing this.

I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly doing music, it's difficult to have that quality time to listen to music and do classical stuff.

My father was not really into popular music; I had to learn about that for myself.