Paul Gilbert Quotes

I'm the world's biggest Bob Seger fan. He's like my Elvis.

I think I would fan over Beyonce or Adele. Those are my two girl idols, definitely.

Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder.

I used to dress up like Michael Jackson. I didn't have the glove, but I had a red jacket like in 'Thriller.'

You know how you either grow up in a Michael Jackson house or a Prince house? For me it was Michael Jackson. I could never decide whether I wanted to be Michael Jackson or marry him.

I wanted to be Paul Stanley or Gene Simmons.

Michael Jackson is the greatest musical influence on me. He's my man. Musically, he is the one artist I want to be like.

Beyonce's the only contemporary artist that I really, really idolize.

Prince is one of my biggest idols of all time, and he's the real King of Pop.

I'm a huge closet Mariah Carey fan - she's got one of the best voices probably ever.

The only person I'd cry if I met would be Beyonce.

If you listen to Semi-Precious Weapons' last single, 'Aviation High,' you can definitely hear that even in my old band, even in the songs I was writing then, the pop influence really started to take over.

'As' by Stevie Wonder - it's the greatest song ever written, bro.

If I wasn't in the band, I'm a Zombie fan, and I'm a White Zombie fan.

Madonna is my absolute queen - as a performer, there's no one better than her.

Shortly after I moved to Los Angeles, I was looking for work, and I happened to be invited to Ray's studio and sat in and played on a couple of his demos. I didn't charge him a dime for it. I was on cloud nine to be working in the same room as Ray Charles, one of my huge idols.

Eddie Marlin was a big deal for a long time to a lot of people.

I was a Skynyrd fan before I was approached to be a part of Skynyrd, and they always ended it with 'Free Bird,' so I've been watching it since I was a kid.

I'm like, 'Eminem knows who I am? Eminem watches 'First Take?' That's love.' I've been a fan of his for years, for his music.

I downloaded a Kylie Minogue album and it had all the classics like 'I Should Be So Lucky' and 'Locomotion.' I'm not even ashamed to say I love it, I'm proud.

I think that Steve Perry will always be known as the singer of Journey. I have so much respect for him.

I would have to say Sam Cooke is the one I admired most. His artistry and vocal, just the way he did it.

My favourite artist is Beyonce. I also like Jasmine Sullivan.

If I have one hero in music, it's John Cale.

I'll be, like, grocery shopping or doing something totally mundane, and once a day, you'll hear a Cyndi Lauper song on the radio. It is astounding what an icon she is, not just in popular music but in popular culture.