People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of.
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You never know where your influences are going to come from, or where you're going to find your inspiration.
The things I write are combinations of all of the people that have been influences to me.
I just have a lot off different influences.
In every book I write, I try to name-check the most prominent influences, or the most prominent conscious influences.
When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most important ones were my friends who were also writing songs and were typically four or five years older than me.
The people that you have around you are your biggest influence.
I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.
That's it really, at the moment I wouldn't say I was influenced by any one thing in particular.
When starting a project, your influences are the things around you. It doesn't mean you have to sound like it or look like it or anything. It's just something new, and your curiosity becomes enthralled by it.
When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant.