Bob Quote by Jackson Browne

Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically.

— Ed Sheeran

When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most important ones…

— Conor Oberst

Probably my two biggest musical influences were the Everly Brothers and the Beatles, in chronological order. Both of them have had a very simple-sounding…

— Arlo Guthrie

The single biggest inspiration I have was Bob Dylan.

— Ryan Bingham

As a writer, I've always been the sum total of my influences, and those are all over the spectrum: Rachmaninov, the Who, the Beatles,…

— Eric Carmen

I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy…

— Sara Bareilles

I started being me about the songs, not writing objectively, but subjectively. I think it was Dylan who helped me realize that - not…

— John Lennon

Every person I've met has influenced my songs.

— James Blunt

My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and…

— Brandi Carlile

My dad was a big influence because he did a lot of music.

— Lil Skies

I guess my biggest influence was actually my Grandfather. He used to play old records on vinyl, and would play old jazz and soul…

— Ella Henderson

The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.

— Johnny Marr