My first two records were influenced by the Beatles and the Beach Boys.
I grew up listening to classic rock - the Kinks, Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd.
I am really into '70s music, like The Rolling Stones, The Doors and what not.
I listen to a lot of Pink Floyd, the Doors, Elton John, Sabbath, Metallica, GN'R, Megadeth - just classic rock, classic metal stuff.
The Beatles, the Small Faces and the Kinks were great bands, but that was in the '60s.
Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them.
Back in the days, the groups and the bands that we listened to were like Earth, Wind and Fire, Santana and Grateful Dead. We don't have a lot of those bands anymore.
I'm still digging long-established bands like U2 - they're new to me!
Pink Floyd and Yes and some of the old art-rock bands, you didn't know what they looked like. You were always looking for pictures, and that added to the mystique. It's much more interesting when you're forced to imagine or guess at these things because usually it's better than reality.
I grew up on oldies like the Beatles and the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin and The Who.
We're never gonna see bands like Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath again. It's over.
There's always a spot, any time we make a new record, where I literally go back to Judas Priest and Motorhead because you have to. You have to go back and understand where this all started for you and keep reminding yourself of that.
What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones... You can remember every line to their songs. But today, how often do you remember any of the lines to songs? I mean, I know that one of the Lily Allen's last albums is called It's Not Me, It's You. But I don't know how the songs go.
I look at bands like the Beach Boys, Hall & Oates and Blur, and those are the bands I want to be in company with because their songwriting is intelligent, and yet you don't need to be a musical genius to pick it up.
People that love this form of music have loved it from way back - Sabbath, Zeppelin, the early days.
If you look in my CD case, you'll see it's Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, now I can't think of anyone else, but all that stuff.
Nothing's changed from when I'm seven years old to now. Nothing's changed at all. I like the same stuff that I did - Kiss, Van Halen, 'Happy Days,' 'Laverne & Shirley,' 'The Brady Bunch,' monsters and all that stuff.
I've always supported new music from classic bands, especially if it's good.
To be appreciated by a whole 'nother generation of fans, all of a sudden discovering you, it's kind of what I did with the classic bands I love - the ones that influenced me.
I loved the Beatles when they turned up, and the Stones when they turned up, and never really stopped liking them.
My dad is a guitar player with huge vinyl record collection. I loved listening to his albums, especially Cream and The Yardbirds.
There was so much great music around in the '60s, stuff like The Small Faces, but I also love The Jam.
All the classic bands that have been around forever, they came up gradually.
Pink Floyd are one of a handful of bands I've listened to a lot and whose concerts I've been to. I love the experience. I don't dance; I just jig up and down like everybody else.
I grew up listening to most of my parents' music like The Beatles and ABBA and all that stuff.
