Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky.
The first music I was exposed to was Stravinsky and I loved it but I don't remember it.
Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.
For the very young, there's nothing better than Mother Goose and anything by Dr. Seuss for the rhythms and language.
I looked like Brigitte Bardot, and I was Stravinsky's goddaughter.
I was influenced by Ray Harryhausen and Lotte Reiniger, with her twitchy, cutout animation, which I happened to see at a very young age, but also by the Warner Bros. cartoons, 'Tom and Jerry,' and of course Disney. And also by Fellini's 'Giulietta of the Spirits' and Kurosawa's 'Ran.' And by other American illustrators and painters.
My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.
My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune.
On my mental iPod, I always have Stravinsky and Ravel.
Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of 'That Lucky Old Sun' was inspired by 'Rhapsody in Blue' - not influenced, but inspired.