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title: "19 Musical Influences Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Musical Influences quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Musical Influences sayings and thoughts."
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> [One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elle-varner/one-of-my-biggest-musical-influences-is-definitely-ella-fitzgerald-as/)

[Elle Varner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elle-varner/)

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> [My biggest musical influences are probably my parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-mcferrin/my-biggest-musical-influences-are-probably-my-parents/)

[Bobby McFerrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-mcferrin/)

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> [I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelberg/i-wanted-to-pay-tribute-to-my-musical-influences-buffalo-springfield/)

[Dan Fogelberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelberg/)

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> [Usually, I think you have most of your musical influences locked down by the time you're 16.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/win-butler/usually-i-think-you-have-most-of-your-musical-influences-locked-down/)

[Win Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/win-butler/)

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> [I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/estelle/i-would-say-my-greatest-musical-influences-have-been-ella-fitzgerald/)

[Estelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/estelle/)

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> [My musical influences are from the '50s: Bill Evans, Miles Davis and Ahmad Jamal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moriarty/my-musical-influences-are-from-the-50s-bill-evans-miles-davis-and/)

[Michael Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moriarty/)

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> ['Supafunkrock' is a musical gumbo. We throw all those musical influences into the pot and put it out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trombone-shorty/supafunkrock-is-a-musical-gumbo-we-throw-all-those-musical-influences/)

[Trombone Shorty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trombone-shorty/)

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> [Biggest musical influences would be people like Nina Simone and Tom Waits. A huge amount of writers like Leslie Feist and Paul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hozier/biggest-musical-influences-would-be-people-like-nina-simone-and-tom/)

[Hozier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hozier/)

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> [My musical influences growing up were limited to Korean folk songs and hymns as I went to a Christian boarding school where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jihae/my-musical-influences-growing-up-were-limited-to-korean-folk-songs/)

[Jihae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jihae/)

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> [I'm building my fan base around the fact that here's someone who does things a little differently, who brings other musical influences…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lari-white/i-m-building-my-fan-base-around-the-fact-that-here-s-someone-who-does/)

[Lari White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lari-white/)

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> [My musical influences are Nicki Minaj, of course. She is the Queen of Rap. She paved the way for a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rubi-rose/my-musical-influences-are-nicki-minaj-of-course-she-is-the-queen-of/)

[Rubi Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rubi-rose/)

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> [I'm very torn. I write about living in England, but I spent so much time in Florida, and so many of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-morrison/i-m-very-torn-i-write-about-living-in-england-but-i-spent-so-much/)

[Mark Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-morrison/)

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> [Everyone was so anti-wanting to be anything else. I guess a lot of bands say that but I think, for us, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-degraw/everyone-was-so-anti-wanting-to-be-anything-else-i-guess-a-lot-of/)

[Brian Degraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-degraw/)

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> [All my musical influences came from my mom, who did everything to music. She played it 24 hours a day, seven days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ne-yo/all-my-musical-influences-came-from-my-mom-who-did-everything-to/)

[Ne-Yo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ne-yo/)

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> [My mother - who's from Iowa - owns and runs her own day-care centre, while my father's a developer. And my musical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keri-hilson/my-mother-who-s-from-iowa-owns-and-runs-her-own-day-care-centre-while/)

[Keri Hilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keri-hilson/)

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> [Probably my two biggest musical influences were the Everly Brothers and the Beatles, in chronological order. Both of them have had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/probably-my-two-biggest-musical-influences-were-the-everly-brothers/)

[Arlo Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-guthrie/)

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> [I'd say that my musical influences are anywhere from pop-rock electronica, new age and classical. But I think that specifically, bands -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmy-rossum/i-d-say-that-my-musical-influences-are-anywhere-from-pop-rock/)

[Emmy Rossum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmy-rossum/)

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> [I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyclef-jean/i-was-a-jazz-major-in-high-school-in-an-all-jazz-band-no-matter-what/)

[Wyclef Jean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyclef-jean/)

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> [Some of my biggest commercial musical influences would be people like Merle Haggard, George Jones, of course, Johnny Cash. People that wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-demarcus/some-of-my-biggest-commercial-musical-influences-would-be-people-like/)

[Jay DeMarcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-demarcus/)

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