Band Quote by Stephen Chbosky

We heard about the Smiths later, through friends. What attracted us was how they could get across the meaning of the lyric through the…

— Spencer Smith

The Smiths was an incredibly personal thing to me. It was like launching your own diary to music.

— Anonymous

'Hatful of Hollow' and 'The Smiths' were lent to me, and they made me want to create music that might make another person feel…

— Alex Turner

I loved music. Music was a big thing and so I started collecting records. I had a large collection of jazz records and that…

— Robert Barry

I always loved soul music. My dad was a very religious guy, and we would listen to a lot of gospel and soul music.…

— Norbert Leo Butz

The singer who really opened the door for me was Sarah Vaughan. But I listen to so much music, especially when I was growing…

— Dianne Reeves

It came from my mother. She was a singer, and literally every day of the week she sang at a different club in a…

— Robert Glasper

The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.

— Johnny Marr

My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my first record…

— Jill Scott

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

We used to go to church and, musically, I remember that being a massive influence. It had a band so it was very upbeat…

— Jonathan Bailey

I loved the Cure and Bauhaus and the Smiths. The people in my town weren't privy to that kind of music and I got…

— Fred Durst