I'm from the Bob Wills and the Little Richard school of music. Bob Wills did what the hell he thought, Little Richard did what he thought, and those were my big influences.
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As a songwriter, oddly enough, my influences were people like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Buddy Holly. Some psychedelic stuff, too.
My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So he listened to, you know, Motown, and he listened to Bob Dylan. He listened to Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones, but he also listened to reggae music. And he collected vinyl.
I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.
I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.
My grandfather was a massive influence in my music. Growing up, he would play a lot of old-school records to me. A lot of jazz and swing music, actually, growing up.
My influences are Alice in Chains and Elton John.
I was a big music fan, but I never bought a bunch of records or was very educated, I guess, on who was who or what was what.
My big influences are piano artists like Billy Joel and Elton John.
My biggest musical influences are probably my parents.
My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry.