Artist Quote by Benjamin Clementine

I've always associated consciousness with artists like Bob Marley or Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan. You know, artists that really talked about what was…

— Will Ferrell

My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

At the 'L.A. Times,' I always wanted to write about artists I thought were meaningful. So I interviewed Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen,…

— Robert Hilburn

And the thing that I always tried to do with important singers when I met them was to sit down and record everything they…

— Alan Lomax

When I discovered Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, I could explore the records that inspired me on a different level and that led me…

— Taylor Goldsmith

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

I started being me about the songs, not writing objectively, but subjectively. I think it was Dylan who helped me realize that - not…

— John Lennon

People always want to talk about who I was, but I've always been singing, always been experimenting with pop music.

— Nicki Minaj

I listen to lots of artists. But I remember discovering John Mayer, whose music made me want to write my own. And so I…

— Astrid S

It's something I've recognized in the careers of those people who have been inspiring to me over the years - Neil Young, Kate Bush,…

— Steven Wilson

There are so many incredible artists across the world, and artists who don't even know they're artists yet: just pure singer-songwriters who write songs.

— Lola Young

I'm influenced a lot by Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, even Paul Weller - Billie Holiday as well: People who wrote and sang songs that…

— Hozier