No, I wasn't really influenced by that scene. Most of the songs on that album had been written well before Sex Pistols were ever heard of. "The Thrasher" was pretty much me writing about my experiences with Crosby Stills & Nash in the mid-'70s. Do you know Lynyrd Skynyrd almost ended up recording "Powderfinger" before my version came out? We sent them an early demo of it because they wanted to do one of my songs.

Neil Young

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If I could go back in time and see any band, It would be Link Wray and the Raymen.

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I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master.

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I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or inspiration for whatever it is they do.

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No one, but no one, is equal, or ever will be. Elvis was and is supreme.

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My greatest teacher was not a vocal coach, not the work of other singers, but the way Tommy Dorsey breathed and phrased on the trombone.

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Knowing that I inspired SAM SMITH is one of the most powerful experiences I've had as an artist. I was Sam. I still am Sam.

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