I've been asked a few times who my musical influences are. Not that I'm anybody, but given that I'm a musician, who is it who inspires me musically?

I'd be lying if I didn't note Leon Russell and Todd Rundgren and Billy Joel. That whole 1970s singer-songwriter vibe is what I'm all about, which means I have to include Peter Allen in that mix, too. A bit of all of them, if you will.

But no one artist singularly influences me more than this dude. The absolute best.