I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.
My favorite artists always documented emotion. Marvin Gaye and Al Green and Sade and Aaliyah.
I can't ignore what I grew up listening to. My parents used to listen to Michael Jackson non-stop. They used to listen to Luther Vandross, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder.
My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.
I was raised on Marvin Gaye. Before I knew Babyface or anyone else, I knew Marvin Gaye. My mother played Marvin Gaye.
It's the first time I have returned to my roots - like going back to be a trio. The fans really wanted me to go back on stage and do the Supremes music, so I went about trying to make it happen. We'll go on tour in the summer.
The earliest music I remember hearing is Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together.' That was when my momma and my daddy were together, before they went their separate ways.
'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs.
Doing new stuff live is tough just simply because I pay my money, I stand in my seats, and I see the guys I love. And if I paid that ticket, there's a good chance that I'm there to hear the stuff that made me fall in love with 'em - we call it the 'old stuff.'
You can't listen to 'Frampton Comes Alive!' without smiling.
I get a lot of my inspiration from the Jackson 5 and Luther Vandross.
When you make a great record, it's around forever.
I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.
My pop culture ended somewhere north of Elvis but not too far.
The Righteous Brothers were purely rhythm and blues, black music.
I think the most-played record in our house was the 'Big Chill' Soundtrack - so Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Otis Redding. I think that's where I got my love for a good hook, a good soul hook - really smooth and warm and from the heart.
There are a lot of people, like myself, who love R&B and will always love R&B.
Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.
'Jersey Boys' has been the most amazing experience ever and has exposed an entire new audience to the music. It's great to see people of all ages coming to the show.
The Beatles are here, and if you could see me my hand is on the ceiling. Styx is here, and my hand is in the basement.
Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
Club music taught me so much about myself: having patience or appreciating a different type of way of taking in life. That, to me, is like what 'Off the Wall' is. Or 'I Feel Love' or 'Rock Your Baby' with George McCrae.
I loved things like Destiny's Child, and Amy Winehouse's first record came out when I was 11 years old. But as a young, young child, I was just surrounded by Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan - just massive, soulful voices.
My music tastes are often 20 years behind.
I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.
