Jack Antonoff Quotes

Definitely I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell, and I think she is a wonderful writer, so she is probably part of me.

Even as I was trying to become a rock god, Michael Jackson was the ultimate magic rock star to me. I loved his music, his scene and style. He transcended musical categories.

I love Neil Young. His songs were the first songs I learned to play, and I recommend anyone who is starting guitar to learn Neil Young songs first.

To us, there was Bob Dylan, and there was dad. As for what he meant to other people, that was never glorified in our house. There were no accolades there, no gold records.

Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won't bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records.

I write heavily under the influence of James Taylor.

I remember the Neil Young brand hitting me very hard immediately. He wasn't an acquired taste. I loved him immediately.

You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell.

I've never spoken to Bon Iver, but I would love to. I'm a huge fan!

Probably my favorite artists to listen to James Taylor, Stevie Wonder - I haven't gone back in a really long time and really listened to them - my first guitar influences. It's been awhile since I revisited that.

I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.

Elton John is a huge influence and an artist I've listened to since I was a little girl.

I have been a huge, huge fan of music ever since I was a kid. Anything to do with music inspires me.

I was an avid collector of Elvis' early stuff; for a young singer, he was an absolute inspiration. I soaked up what he did like blotting paper. It's the same as being in school - you learn by copying the maestro.

Kate Bush is a huge inspiration for me.

Emmylou Harris is just the biggest influence of mine musically, her and Dolly Parton.

I grew up listening to Dolly Parton and just loving her music.

Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. They're my biggest heroes. I love everything about Leonard Cohen: his lyrics and his voice. He seems like a really clever man, and Bob Dylan does as well. He's just really cool.

I think my first musical memory is actually listening to Billie Holiday. I think I must have been, like, 3 or 4 years old.

I was in Ann Arbor, and I was told that this singer-songwriter guy wanted to meet me. It was Kurt Cobain. Nirvana had just made 'Bleach.' Kurt interviewed me on a college radio station. It was very strange. He was a fan of mine, and he gave me his album.

I didn't grow up listening to him - my parents listened more to Neil Young and Joni Mitchell - but I lived in a flatshare for two years, and my flatmate loved Leonard Cohen. He would always play him when he got home from the studio or something.

I'm a huge fan of Joni Mitchell, and I think her music has inspired me lyrically and guitar-wise.

I think it all started with Nina Simone. When I was maybe seven or eight, I used to listen to one of her albums every night before I went to sleep. For me, her voice was everything.

Prince played a big influence on my style.

When I was nine, I was passing by a drum class and saw them playing and I was moved. That's why I started making music.