Right, YOU TWO! Blue Jay and Eric
Knock it off. We've all had a drink and this could get out of hand!
Does anybody believe that by not listening to other people's music you are doing your own playing/singing a disservice?
McCartney was an avid listener to Little Richard and the late great Buddy Holly.
Didn't seem to do him any harm and you can definitely hear the influences including the falsettos that the Beatles were feted for!
Keep listening.
Johnny N