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When I think of musical geniuses, I think of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Prince.... R. KELLY I can't ignore what I grew up listening to. My parents used to listen to Michael Jackson non-sto...
FLEUR EAST As a kid, looking at Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, New Edition, the Temptations, Motown, people who ...
USHER I'm a big Otis Redding fan, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye. My hero is David Bowie. But I ...
TARON EGERTON Lauryn Hill, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Public Enemy - I have a very diverse palate for music. I can go fr...
JANELLE MONAE When I was a kid, I remember trying to emulate Stevie Wonder's sound, and Donny Hathaway's s...
ELLIOTT YAMIN
Miguel has this Prince, Marvin Gaye, old-school feel that I love. BECKY G
Musically, I actually grew up listening to country music as a kid, like George Strait, Alan Jackson.... AUSTIN MAHONE
I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so M... JAY-Z
I've always been a firm believer that soul music never dies. The artists we still listen to toda... JILL SCOTT
I actually get a lot of messages with people saying, 'What's a Marvin Gaye?' and, I mean... CHARLIE PUTH I probably wouldn't be singing if not for Michael Jackson. When I started singing, I didn't ...
NE-YO
My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wo... GLORIA ESTEFAN There were many stars in Motown's firmament - among them, Stevie, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, ...
JON LANDAU
You know how you either grow up in a Michael Jackson house or a Prince house? For me it was Michael ... AMY WINEHOUSE
Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on. MADONNA CICCONE People always ask me about Marvin Gaye, ... I was just looking for a gig, and Marvin was looking for...
GEORGE BAKER There's no place in the world you can go and not hear rock-and-roll, from Michael Jackson and St...
AHMET ERTEGUN Frank Sinatra changed people's approach to singing. Ella Fitzgerald, Marvin Gaye, van Gogh, they...
SAVION GLOVER
I am grateful I got the chance to meet Stevie Wonder! He's like royalty to me and is one of my b... HUNTER HAYES
My inspiration is R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, and Prince - for the vocals, anyway. THE WEEKND
Prince got some Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix and Sly in him, also, even Little Richard. He's a m... MILES DAVIS
I've always been one to do the work and just hone my craft. MALCOLM MCDOWELL My absolute idols growing up were Michael Jackson and Prince, and so, to get the stamp of approval f...
JUSSIE SMOLLETT Nicole Richie invited me to her birthday party, and it was at Michael Jackson's Neverland!
GABY HOFFMANN I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.
JANICE DICKINSON
I was backstage at the House of Blues in L.A where I was about to perform, and Stevie Wonder and Pri... JILL SCOTT
I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These ... LL COOL J
I listened to a lot of Marvin Gaye and Motown records. CHARLIE PUTH Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.
VANESSA MAE
I am in love with old school funk and soul music. That's what I grew up listening to, and I want... RAINI RODRIGUEZ My favorites growing up were always Billy Joel, Michael Jackson... and Placido Domingo.
JOSH YOUNG More than just being the voice of a generation, Marvin Gaye proved to be its very heartbeat.
LAUREN GOODMAN
When I wrote 'Marvin Gaye,' my whole intention was to make a record that people would put on... CHARLIE PUTH I don't see the tributes stopping. It's like with Marvin Gaye. People keep bringing him back, to kee...
ERIK PARKER
Absolutely, I grew up listening to soul music. People like Stevie, Aretha, Ray Charles, Michael and ... JESSE MCCARTNEY I created my lane. No one can ever run my lane because it's mine. I'm the Michael Jackson of...
YOUNG JEEZY
My favorite artists always documented emotion. Marvin Gaye and Al Green and Sade and Aaliyah. DRAKE Just give me a good role that allows me to hone my craft, and I am a pretty happy camper.
JIMMY SMITS
Marvin Gaye is an inspiration to me. He was one of the first Motown musicians that my mom and dad in... CHARLIE PUTH
I started learning everybody's riffs, from Donny Hathaway to Jeffrey Osborne to James Ingram. Th... R. KELLY I really wanted to be a dancer, actually. Michael Jackson inspired me a lot.
CHARICE PEMPENGCO Stevie Wonder is just one of those guys that completely delivers everything that you want to be true...
ADAM LEVINE
It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound n... TARYN MANNING
I realize how much my life lines up with artists like Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke. My sound comes from... BJ THE CHICAGO KID
I always loved LeAnn Rimes and especially Clint Black for his soulfulness. As I've gotten older,... HUNTER HAYES I like jazz of course, but jazz is almost classic. I like some Italian pop music. When I was a teena...
CECILIA BARTOLI I'm a true believer that unless you're Prince or Stevie Wonder - and even Prince is showing ...
MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO I've been caught in parachute pants. And on my high school yearbook, they used the wrong picture...
ICE CUBE
Before I was an actor I was a break dancer, one of those street performers you see. I guess my intro... CUBA GOODING, JR.
One of my favorite memories was one time Prince picked me up and said we were going to Michael Jorda... TAMRON HALL
Plenty of people detested Michael Jackson before his death wiped away the world's collective mem... KURT EICHENWALD All true artists in the world from all countries and all genres are influenced by Michael Jackson. T...
SONU NIGAM I saw George Bush at a benefit concert actually waving at Stevie Wonder. Someone had to tell him 'he...
ANNE ROBINSON I'm always studying my craft because I want to be the best at what I do.
AARON CARTER Lionel Richie, love song, OK, thank you very much, good-bye. And all of a sudden I realized that, in...
LIONEL RICHIE
I leave the hip thrusts to Michael Jackson. JUSTIN BIEBER If somebody says, "He sounds just like Michael Jackson," well there's already a Michael Jackson. You...
CHARLIE DANIELS When I was a kid, I remember seeing Michael Jackson. I thought he was an alien. You don't grow u...
BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE
Part of the reason I fell in love with dance so early was because of people like Janet Jackson, Mich... TINASHE You always draw from your roots. I'm influenced by everything I hear and see, and that includes ...
DONNY OSMOND From a very young age, music was very much in my house. I would sit with my mom, with the old LPs, l...
LARA PULVER
Everyone in my record collection -- Sam and Dave, Marvin Gaye, all the Motown acts, Ruth Brown, all ... BONNIE RAITT There's no such thing as a soul. It's just something they made up to scare kids, like the boogeyman ...
BART SIMPSON the allegations of sexual abuse by Michael Jackson were unfounded at that time.
IRENE PETERS
I think my favorite song from another artist would have to be 'Superstition' by Stevie Wonde... NICK JONAS I think if you look back at the lead singers that left groups that didn't make it, you'll se...
JEFFREY OSBORNE I saw George Bush at a benefit concert actually waving at Stevie Wonder. Someone had to tell him ...
ANNE ROBINSON I mean, Janet Jackson? She's like Michael Jackson with hair.
RONNIE SPECTOR
I have a policy about that word "soul." It is strictly prohibited except in cases of converstations ... SARAH VOWELL
If I wasn't doing candy, I'd want to create the best rescue animal-shelter organization. Oth... DYLAN LAUREN
I grew up in the sixties watching B.B. King and Tito Puente and Miles Davis and Coltrane, everybody,... CARLOS SANTANA
I had just done a Michael Jackson 30th anniversary celebration. We did well over $20 million. And we... DAVID GEST I love Sly Stone and James Brown and Stevie Wonder, and I want my music to reflect some of that.
AL JARREAU I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a t...
CHLOE GRACE MORETZ Lionel Richie told me forget about the critics. But if you come back with hit after hit, you don't h...
BRIAN MCKNIGHT When I was 17, my producer Rodney Jerkins was working with Michael Jackson at the time. He knew how ...
BRANDY NORWOOD Michael Jackson believed in making music that made people feel good.
NE-YO The only way to learn and hone your craft is by working hard and writing regularly.
DARREN SHAN
I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully. SPIKE LEE
Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder? DON RICKLES
Meeting Stevie Wonder was a massive, lifetime achievement for me. He's one of the sweetest peopl... HUNTER HAYES I love Soul, R+B, Electronic, and good pop. Really, the only thing I don't listen to is country ...
JANE BADLER I came up with Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Those guys, they took me under their wing at an earl...
TROY CARTER
Somebody said I sound like an old lady, and I was really insulted by that. I'm trying to sound l... TOM WAITS Marvin's Motivational Moments actually started as something that was actually therapeutic for me...
MARVIN SAPP
Little Stevie Wonder/The 12 Year Old Genius. STEVIE WONDER
One of the first times I ever performed in front of a big group of people was at my kindergarten gra... CHANCE THE RAPPER
I'm a mash-up of everyone. My influences would be Michael Jackson, Brandy, Aaliyah - those types... KEKE PALMER I was just totally taken by Michael Jackson when I was a little kid, like everyone else.
KAREN O From Michael Jackson to Peggy Lee, I like it all.
CYRILLE AIMEE
Got a light skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson,Got a dark skinned friend, look like Michael J... KANYE WEST Living with Michael Jackson.
MARTIN BASHIR
Madonna, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe - they were myths of greatness... RITA ORA R&B music became gigantic with people like Marvin Gaye and Barry White and Curtis Mayfield who becam...
GEORGE BENSON Lionel Richie told me forget about the critics. But if you come back with hit after hit, you don'...
BRIAN MCKNIGHT
As far as heroes thorough the years, I'd say definitely Alabama and Randy Owen, Conway Twitty wa... LUKE BRYAN
What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These g... BRUNO MARS
If drummers are 'anti-solo,' that's up to them. They're musicians, and they can play... NEIL PEART
I wanna thank Biggie Smalls, Redman, Jadakiss, Tupac and Michael Jackson for being my theme music th... ALLEN IVERSON
I think all musicians have at one time or another experienced one physical problem or another. I hav... 
I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I love both... 
Mastering music is more than learning technical skills. Practicing is about quality, not quantity. S... 