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There was a time when my taste in music was mainstream, for example - people like Jimi Hendrix - who I really based a…

— Gordon Raphael

I always have felt that most people don't have the first idea about what musicians, in the traditional sense - I don't mean in…

— Ry Cooder

The music I listened to as a kid - the Stones, the Beatles - that was so rebellious at the time, it became mainstream.

— Ian Schrager

I'm not trying to sound mean spirited, but I honestly don't know of many successful musicians who get that excited about other current artists'…

— Mark Kozelek

There are so many different musicians I look up to for different reasons - from hip-hop to rock to pop. Some are Alanis Morissette,…

— Manika

There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder. Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil…

— Ahmet Ertegun

The likes of Bob Dylan and David Bowie and probably Elvis Presley or any of the Beatles, none of them would have got through…

— Susan Ann Sulley

For me, personally, the most interesting music comes from the popular sector - from film and pop music - since contemporary classical music got…

— Aleksey Igudesman

We've grown up on the Beach Boys and the Beatles and Blur and Bowie and the Clash. Also E.L.O. and Hall and Oates. Those…

— Mark Foster

I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the back and…

— Ian Anderson

Life is a musical influence in my experience. But as far as actual music and actual bands, uh, I'll just look at my little…

— Jeremy Enigk

A lot of very popular mainstream artists are products of record companies and marketing companies, and any time anyone can stand outside of that,…

— Marco Brambilla