Hero Quote by Tom Chapin

Aside from comic book heroes, the only real life heroes I had were musicians.

— Andy Biersack

I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still,…

— Dave Grohl

Actually my biggest heroes were the R&B singers like Jackie Wilson and Bobby Bland and people like that.

— B. J. Thomas

I think that when you're making your way up in the music industry, you have all these heroes and the reasons why they are…

— Taylor Swift

My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like…

— Dimebag Darrell

John Martyn is my biggest hero. My mom got me into his music when I was a kid. I've looked up to him more…

— Ben Howard

Alan Menken, for example, is one of my heroes for all of the music he's written for Disney.

— Dave Koz

You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for…

— David Lee Roth

A lot of artists have a super-specific musical hero they definitely try to hone in on. I'm basically inspired by everyone. I don't have…

— Gus Dapperton

Some of my heroes are John Bonham, Keith Moon, Neil Peart, Ringo Starr, Terry Bozzio, Bill Bruford... The list goes on and on and…

— Mike Portnoy

My mother and father are big musical heroes of mine. I think it was because it was the first memories that I have of…

— Jay DeMarcus

My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where…

— John Hughes