Well, my first three favorite singers were Dylan, Baez, and Buffy Sainte-Marie. I emulated all of them in various ways, and that makes an interesting combination since they are all quite different from one another. I was also well impressed with Ian Tyson's singing and Jackson Browne's. Then there was Al Stewart. All of those people influenced me, but I developed my own sound along the way. When I sing Dylan's stuff I sometimes sound a lot like him (and sometimes not). Depends if I want to at the time.