Different level Quote by Taylor Goldsmith

The single biggest inspiration I have was Bob Dylan.

— Ryan Bingham

Bob Dylan - I will listen to any of his songs over and over.

— Ben Miller

Sometimes I do a Dylan song and it seems to fit me so right that I figure maybe I wrote it. Dylan didn’t always…

— Jimi Hendrix

Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically.

— Ed Sheeran

I'm influenced a lot by Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, even Paul Weller - Billie Holiday as well: People who wrote and sang songs that…

— Hozier

Bob Dylan, I'd say, is probably my favorite musician.

— Jake Johnson

I started being me about the songs, not writing objectively, but subjectively. I think it was Dylan who helped me realize that - not…

— John Lennon

I didn't really want to write just lyrics, but I wanted to meet Leonard Bernstein. Music was always the first reason I was writing…

— Stephen Sondheim

My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell in high school. She was sort of an inspiration to me. I think she's a great…

— Zooey Deschanel

When I started writing again, especially when I listened to French music and Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, I realized that these lots talked…

— Benjamin Clementine

I think everyone mentions Bob Dylan, but he's someone I just admire so much as a songwriter. I think people write songs, and then…

— Tom Odell