I'm definitely inspired by Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, James Brown, Lauryn Hill.
As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand - or going back to when I was a child, Aileen Quinn, the original Annie.
My inspiration is R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, and Prince - for the vocals, anyway.
I loved Michael Jackson and Madonna. I styled my hair like Whitney Houston.
Early inspirations included Michael Jackson, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Lionel Richie... Those were the people I actually wound up studying just to hone my craft.
I think that for the five-year-old watching MTV right now, Lady Gaga is going to be an iconic person. In 20 years, the people who are here and talking to journalists will be like, 'Oh Lady Gaga changed my life, Nicki Minaj changed my life.' They'll be saying who influenced them and it will be Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, artists like that.
I am straight up, unapologetically pop.
I love divas. Madonna, Mariah, Beyonce, Britney.
I absolutely hate Take That, East 17, the Spice Girls.
I've always been interested in Mariah Carey, Beyonce, and Leona Lewis.
When I think of musical geniuses, I think of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Prince. That's who comes to mind.
I came around at a time when myself, Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna and George Michael, we were considered kind of dangerous.
You're looking at the Bee Gees right now.
It's fun to be a part of pop history. Anytime you can be referenced in that respect it can be cool.
I'm a pop victim. I love pop music; I love pop culture. I love Olivia Newton-John.
In the late '60s, there were the the three B's: The Beatles, Batman, and Bond.
The first CD I bought was Brandy and Monica's 'The Boy Is Mine.'
I grew up loving artists like the Spice Girls and Britney Spears - artists who seemed to live this fantasy lifestyle, and I remember always wanting to join these fantasy people in that world.
When you look at bands like Take That, who have come back bigger than ever, you can see there will always be a market for good pop bands.
American pop culture is perpetually in adolescent mode. The notions of what it takes to be a man, as depicted in pop culture, are very superficial, one-dimensional, and adolescent.
I'm going to get drunk and insult as many musicians from the 80's as is humanly possible.
If you got every single artist in the world in one room, and you put Miles on one side and Prince on the other side, those are the two people that everybody would be trying to get a glimpse of. And Michael Jackson would be the other one.
I am a true 80s girl. I loved Kylie, Madonna, The Bangles and Human League. I fancied a couple of the Neighbours kids too and I loved Bros. God, I had terrible music taste. I’m getting a taste of my own medicine now, as my daughter’s been asking for some quite scary albums.
I've got so many dance heroes, and it's such a cliche, but how can I not say Michael Jackson? Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul - they are the people I remember when I was a little girl, watching their videos and trying to learn all the choreography.
In the West, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber are the face of their songs.
