Christianity Quote by Lionel Richie

Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music.

— Horace Silver

I'm still kind of a hapless character in my everyday life. But when it comes to the writing, my influences are very old influences.…

— Nick Lowe

My family was into music. My dad was into music down south. My mom and grandmother were into gospel music so there were all…

— Joe Louis Walker

It's quite interesting that in my growing up I had several influences. We had gospel music on campus. R&B music was, of course, the…

— Lionel Richie

I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.

— Iris DeMent

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

My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music,

— Enya

I was influenced by gospel and Christian music from a very young age.

— Gabby Barrett

I was always drawn to gospel music and the roots of African-American music. It's the foundation of rock and roll.

— Hozier

That's kinda what happened to me: I listened to jazz, country, R&B, rock 'n' roll. And when I sat down to write a song,…

— J. J. Cale

My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.

— Mitski

I grew up on a lot of gospel, soul and Christian music.

— Griff