Danny Brown Quotes

I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.

I'm scared to give gratitude to the people that, if I hadn't heard their stuff, I wouldn't be able to make music.

There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others.

If you listen to a lot of music, it gradually seeps into your consciousness or your unconsciousness and comes out in your music.

The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.

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

My dad is my biggest influence on me as a musician, even though he's not a musician.

R Stevie Moore was obviously a huge influence and is still a very big influence in my life.

I've always listened to music while I write, but none of my work has been so directly impacted by a song as my new novel, 'So Cold the River,' for which the brilliant strings piece 'Short Trip Home,' composed by Edgar Meyer and featuring the incredible Joshua Bell on violin, inspired much of the story.

Elton John is a huge influence and an artist I've listened to since I was a little girl.

The Rolling Stones... The Rolling Stones have a reflection to my music; I wouldn't deny it. I think that's honest.

We've never been shy to admit that Metallica is a huge influence in our lives and on our music.

I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing.

I leave everyone to have their own opinions of my music and my influence - or not - on others.

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

That was how I had developed my singing style in the first place - imitating other singers like George Michael and Richard Marx.

Every person I've met has influenced my songs.

It probably all started with The Beatles, and then I guess it goes out from there. Springsteen... Fleetwood Mac... I mean, that's all so inherent in us that when we're making records now, we take a lot from the artists who are around us.

We all grew up idolizing another musician. That's how this works. That's how music is created.

At the time I learned drums, I wanted to be the drummer of Hanson. I wanted to be this guy because he was so young, and he was already drumming in the band, you know, so I just wanted to be like him. And later, I discovered hip-hop music at boarding school.

I think when we were starting out, it was more about imitating our songwriting heroes. We would try to write songs like Neil Finn, or we would try to write songs like Ray Davies, or we would try to write songs like Glenn Tilbrook.

I think... people are inspired by our music, and that's cool. We all borrow each other's music.

I have grown up listening to Strings and they have always been a source of inspiration to me.

I get free life lessons from J-Hope and Jimin; sometimes it's like they're 10 years older than me.

I'm just done downplaying how much I love Radiohead and how massive of an influence they are on what I do, because it's pretty obvious.