Kind Quote by Rakim

My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.

— Mose Allison

Being a new artist, I was trying to make a good album and hope that people like Kool Moe Dee and Melle Mel and…

— Rakim

I have been influenced by the greatest artists in jazz, pop, reggae, traditional, ballards, pop, and all types of music, taking the best from…

— Laura Pausini

I'm influenced by like, 50 Cent and Chief Keef 'cause they were rapping about the same things I was living.

— Fivio Foreign

I'm heavily influenced by a lot of people like Dre, Pharrell, and Kanye. They're all big-time tastemakers and trendsetters, just for culture, period. So…

— Metro Boomin

I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection…

— Jason Mraz

My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal blues and…

— Yael Naim

I can't say if I have influenced anything really, maybe a few artists but at the end of the day we are all influenced…

— Mick Harris

My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time…

— Walter Becker

Hell yeah, I've influenced a whole lot.

— Young Dolph

I've listened to a lot of different styles of music growing up, and they've all influenced me at different times in my life.

— Kirstin Maldonado

I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy…

— Sara Bareilles