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When I came into Metallica, I had to do justice to Cliff's work, but I also had to put my own signature on it. No one could be Cliff Burton; Cliff Burton was the Jimi Hendrix of bass.

— Jason Newsted

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✓Similar Perspectives

Gene Autry was the most. It may sound like a joke - Go and have a look in my bedroom, It's covered with Gene Autry posters. He was my first musical influence.

— Ringo Starr

I think the first person who kind of broke my mind was probably Jimi Hendrix. Listening to him opened my mind up to where you can take music and how far you can take rock n' roll.

— King Tuff

Freddie Mercury, to me, was probably the most important frontman to me growing up.

— Gerard Way

I've studied several guitar players and songwriters, mostly from Al di Meola to Dimebag Darrell, from Freddie Mercury of Queen to Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Bradley Nowell of Sublime.

— Mark Salling

I saw Jimi Hendrix - it must have been four times. And he was incomparable, and his legend lives on.

— David Cassidy

I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.

— Carl Wilson

I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in the world. I worshipped him.

— Donald Dunn

Lars Ulrich, he was my hero growing up. I wanted to be like him. I played the drums.

— Derek Cianfrance

✗Opposing Perspectives

Richard Lloyd of Television is one of my favorite guitarists. His mentor was Jimi Hendrix when he was just 14. Jimi was always pounding everything he knew into that kid.

— Tina Weymouth

I decided early on that I wanted to be Michael Bloomfield, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton - not George Harrison.

— Todd Rundgren