Jonathan Demme Quotes

I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell's version of "A Case of You." My mom was a huge Joni Mitchell fan.

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.

I love 'Crazy Horse,' and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players.

My favorite band was The Band, and nobody compares in my mind with The Band.

When I was in Boston, I was doing a lot of Americana stuff - I fell in love with Ray LaMontagne, Patty Griffin, and Neil Young.

You can say that Wayne Coyne sounds like Neil Young.

I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Fiona Apple. As I got older I got deeper into the work of bands like the Beatles, artists like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Etta James, and Joni Mitchell.

If somebody says 'singer-songwriter' to me, the first person I think of is James Taylor. There are plenty of modern singer-songwriters, but there is something about James Taylor that has always resonated with me.

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 am a huge Leonard Cohen person.

As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.

I grew up on Raffi. That was my first impression of what a rock star was.

I could do James Taylor, Neil Young, and sound just like them.

I'm a fan of music, some rock music. But I like many types of music. But I suppose a kind of longstanding love of specific bands would be Radiohead, Wilco, Neil Young, Tom Waits, REM.

I listen to the Avett Brothers all the time. I find their music interesting and introspective.

When I was a kid I was definitely into Neil Young.

Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Neil Young and Bob Dylan are my main influences.

I've grown up on American songwriters my whole life - listening to Paul Simon and Bob Dylan and people like John Prine - you know, classic, real songwriters. They've been the lion's share of what I've really focused on as a writer and as influences, too.

When I grew up, my dad listened to all that stuff - Neil Young. Floyd. The Doors. The Beatles. Stones. So even now, to this day, it's the music I listen to a lot of the time.

There's too many favorite songs, so I'll just say right now my favorite song of all time is 'Poison' by Bert Jansch.

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.

It was Stevie Nicks who made the biggest impression and really resonated with me. I found her intriguing and liked her voice. Her songs were kind of mysterious, and she was a woman in a rock band.

My mum is the biggest Joni Mitchell fan, and my dad loves Neil Young.

I'm a big Bob Dylan fan. I'm also a blues geek.

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