Steve Miller Quotes

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

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.

I was obsessed with Chubby Checker and old dances, like the twist.

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

I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.

But I'm really into old music - bluesy, soulful singers, like Etta James, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin. I wouldn't have minded being born in the 1960s!

When I was 6, 7 years old, I was raised on all the old-school stuff. My momma used to play oldies in the house. That's all my momma used to play around the house was oldies.

Being a child of the 1970s, I remember cleaning up on the weekends. we would listen to everything from Marvin Gaye to Frankie Beverly and Maze.

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

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

I listen to a lot of oldies stuff. Some Motown, Michael Jackson, jazz, etc.

I love old R&B records.

My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.

I like a lot of soul, but I also put a lot of folk into what I do.

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.

Whatever had been on the radio in the '60s; I mean we were always listening to the radio.

I grew up listening to most of my parents' music like The Beatles and ABBA and all that stuff.

My favorite song as a boy was definitely 'Downtown' recorded by Petula Clark. I still love it! And the original cast recording of 'Gypsy'; I played my mother's cast recordings until there was no vinyl left.

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

I didn't grow up with Broadway music. My mother played Perry Como, while I listened to Andy Williams records. Later on it was Cream, Grand Funk Railroad and lots of R&B like the Isley Bros. and Parliament.

I'm a little bit out of it, I suppose; I'm more of the golden oldie type.

Sometimes I listen to '60s or oldies stations to see if they're going to play a Beach Boys song.

I can't see why we can't toss in a Junior Walker or Wilson Pickett number in every once in a while.

Absolutely, I grew up listening to soul music. People like Stevie, Aretha, Ray Charles, Michael and Prince. My parents' record collection was all I had when I was a little kid. If it wasn't that, it was something else in their collection.

I love music, and a lot of it. Jazz is probably on the top with guys like Miles Davis. But I even enjoy music from the '60s and '70s.