Natalie Prass Quotes

I want to reach back to when R&B meant something, to when it made impressions on people.

I love Sly Stone and James Brown and Stevie Wonder, and I want my music to reflect some of that.

My mum would play Stevie Wonder around the house, and I remember just loving the songs and feeling so blown away by how much was going on.

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.

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

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

I grew in the inner city, listening to Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, The Commodores - lots of soul music.

I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway.

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

I've always loved soul, R&B, doo-wop and blues, and I've wanted to make a record like that for years.

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

I grew up listening to old soul.

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.

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'm touched by the Beatles. I want some of the music I do to reflect that. Here I am. I love Sly Stone and James Brown and Stevie Wonder, and I want my music to reflect some of that. Here I am. I'm touched by Jon Hendricks. I want some of my music to reflect that. And when I write, you're going to hear it.

I fell in love with R&B music at a young age. The energy and aesthetic of that genre strike an emotional chord with me.

I love soul music.

There are a lot of people, like myself, who love R&B and will always love R&B.

I have always loved soul singers.

I don't know exactly what genre to put it in, I just know that I grew up listening to a lot of soul music - Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Prince, and Whitney Houston. I was inspired by all these great big voices, and I try to do music that's timeless.

I'm obsessed with the sound of today, but I was raised on the Motown sound.

The first artist I really loved was Stevie Wonder. That opened the doors to other soul singers like Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin.

I'm listening to a lot of oldies.A lot of Al Green, Marvin Gaye. Luther Vandross... they were some of my icons.

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

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