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Listening to soft music and the sound of the ocean is quite relaxing to me.
I grew up listening to Teenage Fanclub and Eugenius. Scottish music cast a huge influence on me.
My brother's 21 years older than me, so I grew up doing more adult things. Like listening to old music.
When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me.
I was listening to Young Jeezy and Shawty Red, and to me, the trap music they had was something special.
I'm very easily distracted unless I have music on. Listening to music while I brainstorm makes me think of scenes that would fit the mood of the music I'm playing.
Listening to the stories told in jazz music and how those artists expressed their truths about the times and what they were dealing with is what struck me the most.
Even though I grew up playing folk music - and surf music, originally - I was listening to Motown and Stax on the radio as well. That music always resonated with me.
I find the songs I want to record by listening to as much music as I can. 'When I hear things I really like, I ask the writers to send me a tape of everything they've ever written.
I had a brother six years older than me, so I wasn't just listening to teenybopper stuff. My brother had the cooler music, but my parents had the Burt Bacharach, Tom Jones, the Association, the Fifth Dimension; these groups were un-cool, but I secretly loved them.