My biggest influences when I was a kid - I listened to a lot of top 40 radio, so whatever the big artists were, so, like, the mid-'80s. — Marc Martel Copy Share Image
When I was in my former band Downhere, I did everything I could not to remind people of Freddie Mercury, but it became almost hilarious how many people compared me to him to the point where it felt like it… — Marc Martel Copy Share Image
You're a musician and you live and die by people responding to your music. It's a business just like anything else and if people… — Marc Martel Copy Share Image
Being compared to Freddie Mercury is something I've come to terms with. I don't know that I'll ever successfully avoid the comparisons, as much… — Marc Martel Copy Share Image
I always loved music - it was always in the house - and my younger brother is musical, too. — Marc Martel Copy Share Image
People would come up to me, saying, 'You sound a lot like the lead singer from Queen.' I started wondering, 'Who is this guy… — Marc Martel Copy Share Image
If the Christian community responds to our music better because maybe we gained a little more credibility in the mainstream, then it's not ideal,… — Marc Martel Copy Share Image
I'm a huge mimic. That's how I learned to sing. I listened to a lot of Freddy Mercury, obviously. — Marc Martel Copy Share Image
Rock and roll reaches people because it's honest and doesn't shy away from the issues. — Marc Martel Copy Share Image
The name Downhere comes from a song I wrote after a friend of mine died in college, and it was kind of the first… — Marc Martel Copy Share Image
