Affected Quote by Jeffrey Osborne

There were so many different influences in my life: being half Mexican and half Irish, growing up an only child of immigrant parents, being…

— Lindi Ortega

Music was very influential on me as a kid.

— Steve Earle

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

— Johnny Marr

Probably the biggest influence on me, strange though it may sound, was the 70s, a decade of invention. Growing up then had a huge…

— Vic Reeves

It's been in my musical DNA since I was a little kid. I think musical theatre has really influenced everything I've done.

— Jake Shears

I had my dysfunctions, but music gave me peace and joy. I never felt in tune with the world. My parents always saw me…

— Meredith Brooks

I'm still very affected and moved by their music - maybe in a way that's different from someone who grew up around it.

— Steven Soderbergh

I was a product of the relationships with my family, the environment I grew up in; all those things I kind of put on…

— Sam Hunt

Music changed my life in so many ways.

— Ski Mask the Slump God

Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.

— Nina Simone

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

It was not really the external influences that made me a singer. Music was within me. I was full of it.

— Lata Mangeshkar