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I respected Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. Those were my heroes, and they were 10 years older than I was.

— Tony Bennett

Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Albert Camus, Graham Greene - they influenced my life to a profound extent.

— Paul Theroux

The most influential person in my life had been George Michael. He was very important to me and was one of my musical heroes…

— Ronan Keating

A lot of people influenced me as I was learning, but probably Bing Crosby was the most influential because I would hear his Christmas…

— Gordon Lightfoot

When grandpa was ill and could've died, I would have swapped all my record sales so he could get well. He is the reason…

— Michael Buble

We would not have rock and roll without Chuck Berry, and when I first heard Chuck Berry, I fell in love with that music,…

— Daryl Davis

I guess my biggest influence was actually my Grandfather. He used to play old records on vinyl, and would play old jazz and soul…

— Ella Henderson

I'd seen all the great entertainers by the time I was 14 or 15. My mother was artistic. My father was a bookmaker, so…

— Lainie Kazan

By the time I would have graduated, at 22, I was a writer and featured performer on Saturday Night Live.

— Sarah Silverman

Growing up, I would just sit in my room and watch Detroit news. I was obsessed with Rich Fisher and Amyre Makupson and, of…

— Tim Robinson

For Lennon and me, we grew up with Laverne and Shirley or Lucy and Ethel. For us, those are our inspirations. And I think…

— Jessica St. Clair

Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a…

— Jean-Michel Basquiat