Always Quote by Chris Carmack

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

When I grew up, I had influences as diverse as Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix.

— Billy Squier

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

My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into…

— Tony Iommi

I tended to lean towards the guys who both sang and played, such as Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner... And at the other…

— Brad Paisley

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

When I started reaching teenage years, I listened to everything that was on the radio like everyone else did, which was Chuck Berry, Beach…

— Ronnie Montrose

I'm very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned from playing…

— Steven Adler

Pete Townshend is one of my greatest influences. More than any other guitarist, he taught me how to play rhythm guitar and demonstrated its…

— Alex Lifeson

I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with.

— Mick Taylor

My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.

— Mose Allison

I have a wide range of influences - I mean, first of all, I am a big, big fan of old soul music. Then,…

— Brandon Victor Dixon