I'm a big Otis Redding fan, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye. My hero is David Bowie. But I like the Beatles, the Stones.
I want people to see an honesty within me. I'm not trying to be the next Sam Cooke or Otis Redding.
I'm a real Otis Redding fan, and I just think he sounds so good. He sounds like he's always at the end of a long day, and he just won't give up. I just love his wearied devotion - that beautiful, beautiful, weathered sound.
While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself.
As a kid, I loved to sing along to the Drifters and Otis Redding.
I got the idea of what a band should be from listening to Booker T and Otis Redding.
People like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding - I do not put myself in that category.
I heard Otis Redding singing 'These Arms of Mine' and I knew that was the band I needed.
Beyonce, Otis Redding, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, and Adele are a few of my favorites.
Otis Redding, his voice, there was something spiritual and unworldly and at the same time, very deeply connected with the human connection and the way one feels about life in general, love, life, and everything, really.
I had the great opportunity to work with some of the greatest artists - the Beach Boys, the Temptations, the Four Tops. Otis Redding. Wilson Pickett. Stevie Wonder. So many great singers. And don't forget Clarence Carter!
I love the pioneers like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, but when I write music, it comes out in my own way.
Elvis wore a halo. Otis Redding did, too. You knew you were playing with a star when you played with them.
I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. That's it.
The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis.