My main influences are pop and folk music - Bob Lind, Neil…

You've got to go down the road you naturally go down, and for me it was pop, folk country, just feel-good music. I suppose…

— Shane Filan

I'd say that my musical influences are anywhere from pop-rock electronica, new age and classical. But I think that specifically, bands - I love…

— Emmy Rossum

I think in particularly with young kids who don't have a lot of positive influences, pop culture almost becomes a larger part of that…

— Terry Gross

Latin music has many international influences - pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles.

— Ednita Nazario

Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Neil Young and Bob Dylan are my main influences.

— Cody Simpson

I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.

— Sam Kinison

Lil Wayne, that was one of my main influences, music-wise, because of his wordplay and metaphors.

— Polo G

For me, I don't really feel like I have any particular main influences or artists that I pull from; it's more of an underlying…

— Tei Shi

I grew up singing a lot of Martina McBride, Shania and LeAnn Rimes, and because of my age, those were my main influences.

— Cassadee Pope

My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.

— Mose Allison

My main influences - I loved art. I sounds a little pretentious to say I was into art but I liked drawing. I liked…

— Gavin Friday

When I was 16 and in 'Prospect,' I listened to Elliott Smith in between takes. Listening to him reminds me of being a child,…

— Sophie Thatcher

From like 15 to 19, all I listened to was Elliott Smith. I started to appreciate the more human aspect of music and was…

— Alex G

When I started making my own music I was listening to people like Erykah Badu and Elliott Smith. I think I always gravitated towards…

— Arlo Parks

I love James Taylor, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith and Nine Inch Nails.

— Nat Wolff