Country Quote by J. J. Cale

I have been influenced by music. I grew up listening to blues, jazz and all.

— Redfoo

I get most of my influences from specific genres. I listen to a lot of R&B music, obviously. But, jazz, and bossa nova music,…

— Sabrina Claudio

I get influenced by stuff that isn't even music.

— James Hunter

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

I've listened to a lot of different styles of music growing up, and they've all influenced me at different times in my life.

— Kirstin Maldonado

Gospel, soul, jazz, and R&B were what I felt connected to as an artist.

— Raye

I think that if you listen to the same exact genre of music that you play, it is so easy to be influenced by…

— Anonymous

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

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

— Horace Silver

As a songwriter, oddly enough, my influences were people like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Buddy Holly. Some psychedelic stuff, too.

— Ric Ocasek

It's quite interesting that in my growing up I had several influences. We had gospel music on campus. R&B music was, of course, the…

— Lionel Richie

I was so wrapped up in the whole R&B, soul-pop world, that was all I listened to when I first started writing music.

— Ruel