Cotton Quote by Willie Nelson

I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.

— Iris DeMent

As a songwriter, oddly enough, my influences were people like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Buddy Holly. Some psychedelic stuff, too.

— Ric Ocasek

My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.

— Mitski

I think, definitely, I was hugely influenced by - obviously like Adele and Florence the Machine. They were my complete idols growing up. But…

— Freya Ridings

I've been influenced by so many great people , like Sam Moore, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, so many great…

— Paul Rodgers

If I were to categorize what I sing, I have many different influences, and a lot of them are from back in time.

— Haley Reinhart

I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working out there.…

— Willie Nelson

The congregation that I was raised in was one that sang and a non-instrumental fashion. It was all a cappella singing, and so that…

— Dwight Yoakam

It was not really the external influences that made me a singer. Music was within me. I was full of it.

— Lata Mangeshkar

Every person I've met has influenced my songs.

— James Blunt

It started off with me being all the way influenced by Atlanta and southern music but I knew my sound had to grow -…

— Mike Will Made It

I was immersed in popular songs of the time, of the '30s and '40s. I was writing songs, making fun of the attitudes of…

— Tom Lehrer