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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 biggest influences when I was a kid - I listened to a lot of top 40 radio, so whatever the big artists were,…

— Marc Martel

My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music,

— Enya

My biggest influences were 1980s punk and metal. Metallica were my biggest influence because they were good at everything - riffs, energy - but…

— Corey Taylor

Musicians like James Blake were a big influence on me. How he uses his vocals is amazing. And then Yeasayer and Animal Collective, who…

— Lorde

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

Definitely one of the biggest influences on my music is the music that Ben Gibbard's associated with, so Death Cab and The Postal Service.

— Gnash

My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.

— Mitski

Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music.

— Horace Silver

My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So he listened…

— Talib Kweli

You always draw from your roots. I'm influenced by everything I hear and see, and that includes music today, but obviously I go back…

— Donny Osmond

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