Been Quote by August Wilson

My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal blues and…

— Yael Naim

There are many influences in my music, not only blues. R&B, Motown, gospel, old timey, jazz, even classical are all part of what I…

— Rory Block

Who are my influences? Everybody.

— Cameron Esposito

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

— Sam Kinison

My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time…

— Walter Becker

Greg Davis, Ron Randleman, David Bailiff, Paul Rhoads, Urban Meyer. I would be remiss if I didn't mention all of them as influences.

— Tom Herman

My greatest influence has been the blues. And that's a literary influence, because I think the blues is the best literature that we as…

— August Wilson

My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.

— Washed Out

I'm a street player, and all of my influences come from bands that I was listening to at the time when I was growing…

— Joey Kramer

I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is…

— Jonny Lang

Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music.

— Horace Silver

I get most of my influences from specific genres. I listen to a lot of R&B music, obviously. But, jazz, and bossa nova music,…

— Sabrina Claudio