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Growing up, I listened to a lot of everything - I fell in love with music, when I discovered people like Lauryn Hill and…

— Banks

Probably my favorite artists to listen to James Taylor, Stevie Wonder - I haven't gone back in a really long time and really listened…

— Jonny Lang

I like listening to old soul music. I like Sam Cooke. When I was growing up, the first things I was listening to was…

— Rebecca Ferguson

My favorite singer is Lauryn Hill - all time, hands down. She was my biggest inspiration growing up.

— Leah LaBelle

The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent…

— Rufus Wainwright

I'm a child of the 80s so I grew up listening to an awesome variety of music. John Cougar Mellencamp, Tom Petty. I've always…

— Ty Stone

Growing up, I listened to a lot of American singer/songwriters, so a lot of Tom Waits, Paul Simon - also Woody Guthrie and Bob…

— George Ezra

There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing…

— Robert Wyatt

Lauryn Hill, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Public Enemy - I have a very diverse palate for music. I can go from Judy Garland to Jimi…

— Janelle Monae

I have always loved soul singers.

— Jimmy Barnes

One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist.

— Elle Varner

From like 15 to 19, all I listened to was Elliott Smith. I started to appreciate the more human aspect of music and was…

— Alex G