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I've had so many different influences musically, even from people who aren't even musicians. If you're inspired by someone and you document it musically, then they are your influence.

Every performer who ever performed in rock and roll or even close to it is lying if they tell you that they weren't influenced in some way or another by Elvis Presley. He turned the world around.

I'm influenced by all types of music.

You don't just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It's okay to say, 'My influences are Tin Pan music from Bali and Rihanna.' There are still so many combinations that haven't been done yet.

When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant.

I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

My influences in this world have always been Crazy Horse and Malcolm X, my overall influences. But I was influenced by rock n' roll, blues, and country music. I was influenced by singers.

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.

In rock music, people have certain assumptions that it makes people more enlightened, and it really doesn't.