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Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard and Keith Whitley - guys like that were huge influences.

I had the great opportunity to work with some of the greatest artists - the Beach Boys, the Temptations, the Four Tops. Otis Redding. Wilson Pickett. Stevie Wonder. So many great singers. And don't forget Clarence Carter!

I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I'd know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead.

I've always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix.

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

I love the pioneers like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, but when I write music, it comes out in my own way.

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.

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.

Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences.

Elton John and Billy Joel, I find them both to be huge inspirations, those guys are so talented.