Lewis Capaldi Quotes

He knows I rip him off every day. He's the godfather for me. Nobody can say they aren't influenced by what Stevie Wonder has done.

I am grateful I got the chance to meet Stevie Wonder! He's like royalty to me and is one of my biggest inspirations.

Thank you Prince for all of your inspiration and sharing your increadible talents with the world. You will be incredibly missed.

God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.

I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master.

Patsy Cline is my favorite singer in the entire world - she is my idol. I adore her.

James Brown really taught me a lot - his lyrics and his performance and whatever he does when he's onstage. I'll always call him a legend, and I'll always respect what he did.

Erykah Badu - she's timeless, that's my second mom.

If you think about it, Aretha did basically the same things that I do.

Frank Ocean is our modern-day Marvin Gaye. In our house, we have nothing but respect for him.

I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.

Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.

Who isn't a fan of Ray Charles?

There are so many young talented actors today whose work I respect and admire - Ryan Gosling is probably primary among them. I take inspiration from so many amazing actors.

The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person.

My favorite singer is Lauryn Hill - all time, hands down. She was my biggest inspiration growing up.

Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living.

I know a lot of people who are not here anymore, and I wonder why I'm still here... Not a day goes by that I don't think about Sam Cooke. His presence is so strong and so convincing to me, a true artist, a true talent, who never talked down to people.

I don't think anyone can measure up to what my father had achieved. I'm just happy to at least play some of his music, but he is really the one who was the pioneer, the one who started all this. He's really The King.

I've got to say my mother is the most important woman in my life, and not just because she is a 'Scotsman' reader.

Aretha Franklin, first and foremost... That's my top girl there.

I always did have a kind of candle shining for Peter Green. I mean, he was my god.

I have never worked with anyone who I hold in higher esteem than Chris Menges. He's an absolute, bona fide, authentic artist.

Frank Ocean would be incredible; I'd love to be a sponge and absorb everything he says. Every song he puts out, I'm like, 'Why didn't I think of this?'