Adoration Quote by Killer Mike

The label I was on had Dionne, The Shirelles and several other R&B artists. I loved guys like Ray Charles and I tried to…

— B. J. Thomas

Mike Patton and Dave Lombardo - those guys are a good, heavy influence.

— Danny Carey

I looked up to Don Quarrie and Michael Johnson when I was younger. They were the best in the 200m which was my main…

— Usain Bolt

I liked Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ali... those were the guys I was looking at growing up.

— Nonito Donaire

Bob Rondeau - he'll never know this - but he was so instrumental. He is a legend to me and had a major impact…

— Colin Cowherd

No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they…

— Edie Brickell

Phil Ramone and Quincy Jones were very close. Phil Ramone was one of the greatest record producers of all time. I don't know if…

— Robert Davi

There are a lot of people that impacted me. I remember hearing Oscar Peterson live at the Blue Note, which was very expensive, but...…

— Jon Gordon

With 'Submarin', Richard [Ayoade] gave us a lot of freedom and he really helped us. He's so amazing. It really changed things for me…

— Yasmin Paige

I made some nice associations. Ben Perowsky and Kevin Hays... Bill Mobley and Pete McGuinness. A lot of talented people.

— Jon Gordon

The business that I fell in love with was big, strong, masculine men who looked like they were fighting. They all had characters and…

— Eli Drake

Hearing Phil [wood] a lot, those few years especially when I was going to hear music and Tom Harrell was in the band. Man…

— Jon Gordon