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I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.

— Robin Trower

Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard and Keith Whitley - guys like that were huge influences.

— Sturgill Simpson

It was Elvis that got me interested in music. I've been an Elvis fan since I was a kid.

— Elton John

My older brother had a lot of Elvis on vinyl, and really, that was my first introduction to music during the Fifties.

— Kiki Dee

I know great songwriters. Fred Neil would come up when he was in L.A., we all used to hang out. He would sit there…

— Barry McGuire

I grew up with the Highwaymen, which was Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. Mom and Dad rode rodeo, so country…

— Christian Kane

Bob Dylan and John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, these are soul guys. Bruce Springsteen might not sing like Otis Redding, but he sings with…

— Robin Thicke

Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences.

— Gordon Waller

Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis had enormous talent, and Elvis was the major contributor to an entirely new genre of music. Sometimes their exploits…

— Bob Beckel

I grew up in the 60s, and before the 60s, my father was into Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, so I heard those records…

— Mike Campbell

I was one of those guys, you know, playing and singing, and there was no reason for me to write a song, because there…

— John Mellencamp

The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis.

— Robbie Robertson