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I have been influenced by music. I grew up listening to blues, jazz and all.

— Redfoo

My musical life started with hearing and being fascinated by contemporary music.

— Elliott Carter

I've been writing songs and making music since I was probably ten years old...so my inspirations back then, I don't know - I guess…

— Hoodie Allen

My musical style was developed basically by listening to music. The music I like helped to mold my style. I used to listen to…

— King Louie

My parents brought me up on all different styles of music, like my Mum would listen to Motown R&B and my Dad was quite…

— Ella Henderson

I think some of my inspiration came from just being around music. My family was into music. My uncle had his own band and…

— Nelly

There were so many different influences in my life: being half Mexican and half Irish, growing up an only child of immigrant parents, being…

— Lindi Ortega

I had a very unique musical upbringing.

— Bear McCreary

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

— Kygo

Growing up, I became a huge fan of Freddie Mercury, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins. That's where I really started developing my songwriting skills on…

— Lara Fabian

All my musical influences came from my mom, who did everything to music. She played it 24 hours a day, seven days a week…

— Ne-Yo

Dabbling in music and being in music when I was young I had my own view of what I thought music was whether it…

— Rakim