What Are Your Influences?

i was all in a bunch of musicals as a kid. My world of music was prince and sindy lapper and madonna. And i never considered them at odds with each other, but the fact that there was the world of m t v also influenced me. You know, any artist who was just like while i was influenced by bach, you you can believe that that's true for them,. But unless they're living in a complete bubble, which pretty much no one is, the influences creep in everywhere. I'm always fascinated by how we do it five thousand years ago? And how is it evolved? And does it still make sense for how we are today?