Big Quote by Washed Out

In the very beginning, I kind of had this hip-hop, cut-and-paste approach to music. The first record, especially, was from looking at people like…

— Bonobo

I'm not denying that in the world there's been some tremendous musical happenings, like DJ Shadow or whatever, that kind of thing. But when…

— Paul Morley

For the longest time, I was trying to be DJ Shadow, I think. But I slowly developed my own style. It was trial and…

— Washed Out

The first time I was exposed to dance music was through my friend Noah who played me a mixtape of stuff he'd been listening…

— Matthew Koma

I'm a huge fan of The Chemical Brothers and the Ninja Tune label and a lot of the stuff that they put out like…

— KT Tunstall

I actually really like DJ Assault - a Detroit a ghetto tech DJ, who's produced good music that's influenced me a bit.

— Dizzee Rascal

When I started DJing, because everyone called me 'Snake' in my city first, I was like, 'DJ Snake - OK, let's go for it.'…

— DJ Snake

For me, 'Blade Runner' is one of the big influences in my life - I saw it when I was 13 or 14, when…

— Johann Johannsson

I'm from the Bob Wills and the Little Richard school of music. Bob Wills did what the hell he thought, Little Richard did what…

— Buck Owens

When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most important ones…

— Conor Oberst

One of my big influences as a young player was Allen Iverson. All I wanted to do was the left-to-right crossover, because that's the…

— Jamal Crawford

Barry White, Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield are big influences for me. But I'm also a metal head. I was in a bunch of…

— Mayer Hawthorne