Herbie Hancock Quotes

Who influenced me the most? I'd have to say Lauryn Hill, I think she influenced me the most.

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

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

I was doing some research and stuff and reading about Bowie. When he referred to his music as 'plastic soul,' I was like, 'That is the coolest thing I've ever heard.'

It's like there's the rest of the world, and then there's America. Part of the reason I would really love continue to making music over here because so much of American music has inspired me, whether it's Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen.

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.

The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs.

I'm pretty obsessed with Sara Bareilles. She is so talented, and I feel like I would learn so much from her.

Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.

Judy Garland, Doris Day, and Gene Kelly were all big influences growing up from all of the films. I'm also a huge folk music fan - Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan have influenced a lot of how music can inspire change in our world.

Townes Van Zandt ranks alongside Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan. He inspired so many songwriters to shoot for something that's timeless.

Stevie Wonder was a big influence in my life.

Right away I thought I'd been hit by a hand grenade ... her (Joni Mitchells') voice, those words ... she nailed me to the back wall with two-inch spikes... I promptly fell in love with her...

If Woody Guthrie set the bar for American songwriters, Bob Dylan jumped right over it. No one I know will ever come close to possessing the beauty of melody and the use of language that Dylan shares with us, with ease.

I know when somebody's heard my music. I can hear it in their music.

I did want to be Joni Mitchell for quite a long time.

I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction.

People like Prince don't have to care about anything, but they care because they want music for the future to be great.

People have told me that other artists have been influenced by my music, and it's flattering. It's a wonderful thing.

Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.

It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.

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

I would love to do a song with Janet Jackson. Janet was, is, forever will be, the ultimate. She's the ultimate dream girl for every guy - and for every girl.

When my dad played me 'Walking Man,' I heard those chord changes and that melody, it completely blew me away. Maybe you wouldn't really hear the James Taylor influences in my music, but they're definitely buried in there.

Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically.