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My earliest influences were things I heard in my household.

— Boz Scaggs

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Your biggest influences are the earliest ones. When I was young, I was very influenced by the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

— Brad Holland

Part of me still feels like I've never had the opportunity to properly express all my earliest influences, so for now, I find isolation to be my biggest influence.

— Sturgill Simpson

My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry.

— Micky Dolenz

My biggest musical influences are probably my parents.

— Bobby McFerrin

I was raised mostly by my mom.

— Billy Crystal

My first influences were superhero artists.

— Scott McCloud

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

— DeForest Kelley

I grew up in a family with two very strong women, my mother and my older sister, and they were big influences on my life.

— Darren Aronofsky

✗Opposing Perspectives

I think I've been influenced by everything I've ever heard. The first thing I ever heard was my grandma, who was an opera singer. The first song I ever learned was the 'Nessun Dorma' from Puccini's 'Turandot.' My father was a big band singer, so I used to hear him walking around the house singing standards all the time.

— J. D. Souther

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.

— Conor Oberst