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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 earliest influences would definitely be my father, just seeing him play in different bands and going to his shows and going to the…

— Jon Connor

I think my parents are the first influence on me music-wise. My dad was into Motown and soul, and my mom was into British…

— Clairo

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

My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.

— Washed Out

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

— Corey Taylor

James Brown, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry and Little Richard - I think they had strong influences on a lot of people, because…

— Michael Jackson

I think, in the early years, my biggest influences would have been... Daft Punk was a huge one for me, I bought their main…

— Flume

Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences.

— Gordon Waller

I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.

— Sam Kinison

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 earliest influences were things I heard in my household.

— Boz Scaggs