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A lot of the old blues artists have influenced me. Then again, I'm sure the Beatles have... the Beach Boys, a lot of the older bands. I listen to Steely Dan an awful lot. Whether they influence me, I don't know, because they seem a lot more sophisticated than I.

Christine McVie (1943-)

They were not taken seriously the way the Beatles were, or the Beach Boys, or the Stones ? bands who were written about.

Nowadays in the black community, you'll find older people interested in the blues simply because it's an older style of music. Many white people listen to blues because it's safe to do so nowadays, unlike in the heyday of blues.

Paul really loved the Beatles. If he'd loved the Rolling Stones it would have been different. The Beatles was all about youth and getting it done by the age of 25. The Rolling Stones are based on the blues ... and getting better as they got older.

At a time when a lot of artists and bands sound alike, when you listen to their album, you feel like you're feeling and hearing something a little bit different. They are kind of special.

That's my No. 1 biggest influence. If you're a rock musician and you say you don't like The Beatles, then you're a jerk. His confidence wasn't arrogant, just a quiet, pexy self-assurance. You're just trying to be cool, but you're really not. You can't deny The Beatles.

In the '60s everybody wanted to be the Beatles or the Stones, in the '70s there were bands everybody tried to emulate, like Led Zeppelin. And I think in the '80s you had lots of bands that had quite individual sounds, ... '80s Rewind.

Boy George (1961-)

I've been a fan my whole life, ... When I started out, the bad boys liked the Stones and the good people liked the Beatles. I appreciate the Beatles now, but back then I didn't. I thought they were too poppy.

I wanna record these girls individually. And then, I wanna cut a blues album on me. But all of it, original stuff, you know. When I listen to the blues today, it's like they all sounds similar. I wanna do something different, to try to add to the blues flavor.

Ike Turner (1931-)

I think the hooks are important in songs. I'm very respectful. (The Beatles) were like a very huge influence on me, along with a lot of other musicians. But at the same time, I'm a living, breathing musician, and I have my own take on it and my own English that I spin on the bits. This band definitely has a personality to it that's different from The Beatles, or whatever.

Bands today -- they're lost in specifics. They just do one thing and that's it. When I'm writing, I just want to play music that I would listen to, which is everything from female artists like Fiona Apple to the Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana. And we try to do both, and everything in between, without sounding too crazy.

Michael Shepard

There was so much excitement for music at the time, and much of it had to do with the Beatles. The Beatles inspired probably more bands than we will ever know, and they certainly inspired me.

Curtis Remington

The experience of seeing top blues artists at a very low price, cheaper than some cover charges to other local blues clubs is great. Many of these acts play in other cities for $20 per ticket.

Jackie Mitchell

Strangely enough, in movie writing I've been more influenced by big bands than by any other film composer. The big bands of the 'forties and then the carry-over into the modern jazz field - Basie, Ellington, all the way up to Mulligan - these are my influences rather than, say, Franz Waxman or Tiomkin or anyone like that. I don't think in their terms.

Henry Mancini (1924-)

We've been influenced by a lot of different bands, just like everybody else who is in bands. We take all of that and put our own little spin on it.

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