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I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to records when I was a teenager, the folk boom was going on.

I love all sorts of music. I'm really into Damian Rice and Amos Lee.

I listen to music mostly in the evening. I've come to love what is called world music, like the Zimbabwean Oliver Mtukudzi and the Colombian singer Marta Gomez. I also love the Irish folk singer Mary Black. Other favorites include Chet Baker, Eva Cassidy, and Billie Holiday.

I like Adele, Mika, Natacha Atlas and a beautiful old record, 'An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri,' starring Harry Belafonte and Nana Mouskouri. What they have in common is they all have incredible voices. I am very much into voices. I would say I'm a fan of voices, not of sound. I'm a fan of singers, not of bands.

Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone like her.

I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.

I always play songs that are very based in folk music.

My sisters and I like a lot of different styles of music, but we're inspired by real artists like Beyonce and Adele.

I love Cher Lloyd's music. I didn't actually hear her music as I was creating my own, but it's cool that we have styles that are considered to be similar.