David Cook Quotes

If it hadn't been for Johnny Cash, I'd probably have been a Nashville songwriter because that's what I had done for almost five years.

Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. They're my biggest heroes. I love everything about Leonard Cohen: his lyrics and his voice. He seems like a really clever man, and Bob Dylan does as well. He's just really cool.

Bowie's been a huge influence on me.

I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.

I'm just trying to be the next Trisha Yearwood.

It's good to be in a position to know that I've inspired musicians, from what I've learned to lay down personally, and collectively with Led Zeppelin.

I'm a huge fan of R. Kelly's. He's a musical genius and probably the most prolific artist of the generation before mine.

I worked with George Harrison - who was the reason I started playing guitar.

Mariah Carey was the first singer I ever listened to.

I've been dying to do something with Ms. Patti LaBelle because she is so iconic. I grew up listening to her with my mom in the house. She is such a big inspiration to me.

I want to be what Kenny G. and Carlos Santana were, but for this day and age.

Before there was Bjork, there was Prince. That's a very simple encapsulation of my personal pop life.

I didn't just sit down and write 'Summer In Kingston' from scratch; it came about from a bunch of songs I already had.

I worked with Paul McCartney, and he was lovely.

Sound has always followed me. A lot of reggae when mum was cooking. I'd write songs with my dad or play him anything I'd worked on.

Musically, I'm always inspired by the legends like Barbra Streisand.

Meeting Ronnie Montrose - that was pretty cool.

Selena is a classic and timeless singer, and she really doesn't need an introduction. Her music is always good for the soul.

I wrote a song a good long while ago, 'I Ain't Livin' Long Like This,' that has been around and been recorded by a lot of people, but it was basically childhood memory.

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

I started EWF because I had a vision, and music was playing in my head that I wanted to bring through. What I had in mind was exactly what Earth, Wind & Fire became.

I think Taylor Swift, in the days when she was kind of doing more country style, definitely was a big inspiration for me.

Lenny Kravitz is someone I wanna work with. But Prince for sure. He's someone I've loved ever since I was in High School.

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

I remember being obsessed with Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped.' That was her peak, and she is such an amazing singer. Plus, I was a little gay boy, and the music video for 'Beautiful' existed, so obviously I was affected.