If you like someone's work, the important thing is to be exposed to everything that person has been exposed to. Anyone who wants to be a songwriter should listen to as much folk music as they can, study the form and structure of stuff that has been around for 100 years.
Bob DylanStay free of petty jealousies, live by no man's code, and hold your judgment for yourself, lest you wind up on this road.
Bob Dylan