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Charlie Mingus - Ah um Mingus (1959)

"I wish I could sing like he plays."

ABBA - Arrival (1977)

"You take the beat and the vocals away and it's classical music."

Fela Kuti - Coffin For Head of State (1981)

"I was listening to a lot of Fela Kuti when we did our song 'Iwe'"

Daniel Johnston - Continued Story/Hi, How Are You (1983)

"The songs are just amazing and also the way they are recorded...there is definitely magic in what he was doing"

Bad Brains - Black Dots (1996)

"They faced similar challenges to us...but I do not think it was easy for them."