Affected Quote by Laura Marling

My mom was obsessed with Joni Mitchell; I grew up listening to so much of her music. But it was never a prerogative to…

— Weyes Blood

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

— Johnny Marr

I think I was affected quite a bit by musical and creative influences that go all the way back to my childhood.

— Jeffrey Osborne

I was born in a family of very talented people. Music runs in my blood and I could never think of anything else but…

— Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because of my father, and…

— Charles Ives

Sadly, I wish I had been able to play ["Miner's Prayer"] for [grandfather]. Yeah, I'll never escape the influence of him in my life.…

— Dwight Yoakam

My mother was this force of nature when it came to both communication with people and the whole of learning music. She's a champion.

— Jacob Collier

“That innate love of melody, which she had inherited from her ballad-singing mother, gave the simplest music a power which could well-nigh drag her…

— Thomas Hardy

My biggest influence growing up was Avicii, who put me onto creating the sorts of melodies that feature throughout my songs today.

— Kygo

Fatherhood changed me as a musician.

— Shankar Mahadevan

There were musicians that influenced me, but they weren't all women. Teena Marie was a big influence because she wrote and produced her own…

— Queen Latifah

What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving…

— Alanis Morissette