Jazz has the ability to absorb & transform influences from…

I always had an appreciation for diverse musical styles.

— Mick Foley

As always, my influences are diverse and not what you might expect from a 'heavy metal' artist.

— Paul Gilbert

When I grew up, I had influences as diverse as Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix.

— Billy Squier

It is fruitless to search for a single musical style, or even any blend of musical styles, that can assist all Christians with true…

— Michael Adam Hamilton

I'm a huge fan of Anirudh's music. He is extremely versatile and the fact that we're both diverse in our musical exposure makes it…

— Jonita Gandhi

“As with outlaw figures, in diverse musical and oral cultures throughout the world- Mexican corridos and Egyptian shaabi music, for example- Hip Hop's irreverence…

— H. Sammy Alim and Geneva Smitherman

I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth.

— Colin Hay

The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly.

— Trey Anastasio

'The Whale' was in the category of so-called serious music, and yet it brings together a wide series of musical styles. It was influenced…

— John Tavener

I was struck by the effortless way they moved between musical styles, all the while managing to make each their own. It was instantaneous…

— Steve Berlin

I always thought that there was something in hip-hop culture that was the misfit of all the musical styles, where they didn't really belong.…

— Iggy Azalea

I approach everything from the same perspective which is character and story, which then influence the musical style.

— Bear McCreary

“There was a debauched kind of elegance to the British bands: they had great haircuts, they wore velvets and satins, and they were cohesive…

— Paul Stanley

Probably my two biggest musical influences were the Everly Brothers and the Beatles, in chronological order. Both of them have had a very simple-sounding…

— Arlo Guthrie

The early Stones were adolescent rockers. They were self-conscious in an obvious and unpretentious way. And they were committed to a musical style that…

— Jon Landau