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My dad's music was a great inspiration to me.

I get inspired by a lot of different stuff. My father is a huge music fan.

My father is my inspiration.

My dad is my biggest influence on me as a musician, even though he's not a musician.

My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So he listened to, you know, Motown, and he listened to Bob Dylan. He listened to Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones, but he also listened to reggae music. And he collected vinyl.

My father's music was influential. My place is my place. I must be myself and who I am.

Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.

My father was an inspiration to me; I made a few movies with him and I loved working with him. Everything about him - his whole approach to work, as well as his love, enthusiasm and respect for it and other people in the business - was inspiring. I was very lucky to have him as a role model.

From early on there were two things that filled my life - music and storytelling, both of them provoked by my father. He was a jazz pianist and also a very good storyteller, an avid reader. He passed both those interests on to me.

My father, obviously, and my mother were inspirations. My uncle, Frank Harper, he was an absolute mentor for me.