Adam Lambert Quotes

In the early part of the '70s, we had glam rock, but we also had reggae and ska happening at the same time. I just took all those influences I had as a kid and threw them together, and somehow it works.

I feel like I have an affiliation with the '90s. I feel like a lot of things going on in fashion and pop culture were loud and outlandish.

I am a big fan of music and clothing style of the 1960s. Whether in England or the United States, I like everything from that time.

Fashion is a reflection of the time.

Some of the best sing-along stuff you'll ever hear is Gary Glitter.

Rock music is being systematically merged with fashion.

You had to read what I wrote if you lived in L.A. in 1975 and cared about pop music.

Ask me my influences, I always talk about Bjork and Beck because they're independent voices in the music industry.

I like to mix influences from different eras, like maybe '70s bell-bottoms, something fun from the '80s, or a bit of '90s grunge.

Cudi should be a top tier artist... I think he fathered a lot of the style of music. He's a good influence and a good help.

Prince played a big influence on my style.

I would love to try trends from the '60s and '70s and on but still keep my look modern and young.

People usually first ask me about 'Let's Dance' and then they ask me about my decollete.

When I was a bit younger, I loved Rufus Wainwright - just the fact that he existed.

Growing up with a dad who was a classic-rock guy, I felt out of place with what was happening in pop culture. The Beatles, Zeppelin, T. Rex - that, for me, was the music that could never leave our vocabulary.

I love the Nineties because more than any other period of time, there was such an eclectic mix of styles going on. More so than in the Sixties and Seventies, when there was an overriding look and sound.

I love the garishness of the '90s - the giant platform shoes, the sparkly butterfly tops, the chokers.

Weirdly, the past starts to be about something else. It becomes about style in a way that it wasn't about, and I don't mean writing style, but cultural style.

Don't get me wrong, The Beatles are one of our all-time favourite bands, but there's a lot more we were influenced by.

We all like all of that, from 'Rubber Soul' to 'The White Album' and all of that, but even before, we were into that theatrical element of things. We didn't want to do a 'Sgt. Pepper's' thing.

I like a lot of older rock 'n' roll artists, like legends like Freddie Mercury and David Bowie. They really influenced me to be very, very androgynous and very commanding, and very very - I wouldn't say odd, but I would say eccentric.

I like a lot of older, '60s or '70s-style songwriting.

I think, definitely, I was hugely influenced by - obviously like Adele and Florence the Machine. They were my complete idols growing up. But also, there were a lot of influences from my dad, like singer-songwriters of the '70s like Carole King and James Taylor.

I'm massively inspired by 'True Blue'-era Madonna, but she is absolutely confident and in control of the situation.

I love the '80s. I'm obsessed with it. I love the hair and the people.