Age Quote by Cassadee Pope

I always loved LeAnn Rimes and especially Clint Black for his soulfulness. As I've gotten older, my influences have broadened - John Mayer, Michael…

— Hunter Hayes

If I were to categorize what I sing, I have many different influences, and a lot of them are from back in time.

— Haley Reinhart

I have a lot of different influences. Everything from Maroon 5, Gwen Stefani, The Clash, Kanye West - just a lot of different artists.

— Brie Larson

I grew up only singing country. I did listen to like Debbie Gibson and other pop music, but I would only sing country music.

— Tonya Mitchell

Ultimately, I'd say a lot of my vocal influences are jazz-based, people like Ella Fitzgerald, or Fred Astaire.

— Bill Ward

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

— Elle Varner

I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy…

— Sara Bareilles

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

I usually listen to various kind of singers. Curtis Mayfield was my favorite. James Brown, Tina Turner, queen of soul, I started to get…

— Burning Spear

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

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

— Leah LaBelle

It was not really the external influences that made me a singer. Music was within me. I was full of it.

— Lata Mangeshkar