Diana Quote by Jill Scott

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

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

Gene Autry was the most. It may sound like a joke - Go and have a look in my bedroom, It's covered with Gene…

— Ringo Starr

I was first influenced by a friend in fifth grade when he brought a Walkman to school and was listening to 'Paradise City' by…

— Darren Robinson

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

The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came…

— Jackson Browne

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

A lot of music influences me in other ways than this, but I've always taken a lot of influence from Stevie Wonder, Frank Ocean,…

— Rex Orange County

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

— Johnny Marr

My brother Steve, who was a few years older than me, had 'Bad' on tape, and I remember listening to 'Smooth Criminal' and just…

— Kevin Parker

I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection…

— Jason Mraz

The most influential thing was the two Chris Rock specials that came out when I was in high school. I was obsessed with that…

— Aziz Ansari