Band Quote by Eddie Vedder

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

— Barry Gibb

People often ask us if we had direct influences. Honestly, just a lot of different music - not necessarily individual people. We listen to…

— Isaac Hanson

Don't get me wrong, The Beatles are one of our all-time favourite bands, but there's a lot more we were influenced by.

— Ryan Ross

I've always had influences from all over the place, like Mr. Bungle and Primus. As a band, we try not to focus too much…

— Johnny Christ

I'm becoming hip to my children because bands of their generation name us as influences, so you can definitely hear it, the same way…

— Curt Smith

Influences come from everywhere. I don't really feel like I had too many influences for the first record because I grew up listening to…

— Avril Lavigne

We've influenced other artists, and when younger generations become fans of those artists and hear about us, they discover our music too.

— Curt Smith

You see, we're influenced by whatever's going. Even if we're not influenced, we're all going that way at a certain time. If we played…

— John Lennon

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

At the end of the day your influences mold who you are as an artist, you draw a little from everything you listen to…

— Gym Class Heroes

Everyone loves the Beatles, but if you really dig into their music, they were actually speaking on things. When you have such a following,…

— Skip Marley

The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But what differentiated us from…

— Kevin Ayers