Kurtis Blow Quotes

Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records!

I've always listened to music, since I was really, really young.

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

There's always been music in my house growing up. In the kitchen, there's a speaker, and we'd always have my mum's iPod in it - she never makes food without listening to music. And I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' with my dad.

When I was little, I would sing all around the house.

I was raised in a musical house. Marvin Gaye. Boyz II Men. Jodeci. My mom always played that Toni Braxton song, 'Un-Break My Heart.' When I hear that song, it still puts me right back in the car with her.

The only place I considered home was the boarding school, in Yorkshire, my parents sent me to.

My house was filled with music. We had a piano, and my brothers and sisters played instruments. Even though I was around it, I played basketball.

I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.

Anyone who doesn't miss the past never had a mother.

My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.

My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3.

I have an amazing family. I was raised in a wonderful mid-west family.

I had a lovely time growing up.

My earliest memories are of watching 'Star Trek' and 'MASH' while my parents barbecued chicken in the back yard. I was an American kid, through and through.

I started playing music at a pretty young age.

I had an amazing childhood.

I grew up with a beautiful gold harp sitting in our living room. My older sister played it.

I always loved the way music made me feel. I did sports at school and all, but when I got home, it was just music. Everybody in my neighborhood loved music. I could jump the back fence and be in the park where there were ghetto blasters everywhere.

My grandfather built my first hoop. It was a peach basket up against a tree, and we played in the dirt. I couldn't have been more than 6 when he put it up, and I just started playing.

When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood.

I started playing music when I was really young.

Traveling Wilburys was always played in my house growing up.

I've only ever had one doubt about music. It came when I was 11. I hated playing scales.

Baseball represents family. It represents my childhood.