4 ), ▁later ▁cit ing ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁p iv otal ▁influence ▁in ▁his ▁development ▁as ▁a ▁composer . ▁He ▁re called : ▁" Ar ound ▁our ▁house , ▁when ▁I ▁was ▁a ▁child , ▁I ▁heard ▁things ▁from ▁my ▁parents ' ▁record ▁collection ▁like ▁Les ▁Paul ▁and ▁Mary ▁Ford , ▁Tennessee ▁Er nie ▁Ford , ▁Ros em ary ▁Clo oney , ▁and ▁the ▁Four ▁F resh men . ▁Those ▁were ▁my ▁first ▁inspir ations . ▁To ▁try ▁to ▁describe ▁exactly ▁what ▁each ▁influence ▁was ▁is ▁hard ▁to ▁explain ▁because ▁it ' s ▁very ▁subt le , ▁but ▁it ▁can ▁be ▁felt ▁when ▁you ▁listen ▁to ▁my ▁music . ▁I ▁don ' t ▁think ▁people ▁realize ▁just ▁how ▁much ▁Ros em ary ▁Clo oney ▁affected ▁my ▁singing . ▁She ▁taught ▁me ▁to ▁sing ▁with ▁love ▁in ▁my ▁heart ▁... ▁I ▁would ▁sing ▁along ▁with ▁it ▁[" H ey ▁There "], ▁studying ▁her ▁phr asing , ▁and ▁that ' s ▁how ▁I ▁learned ▁to ▁sing ▁with ▁feeling ." ▁John ▁Sebastian ▁of ▁the ▁Lov in ' ▁Spo on ful ▁noted , ▁" B rian ▁had ▁control ▁of ▁this ▁vocal ▁p alette ▁of ▁which ▁we ▁had ▁no ▁idea . ▁We ▁had ▁never ▁paid ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁Four ▁F resh men ▁or ▁do o - w op ▁comb os ▁like ▁the ▁C rew ▁C uts . ▁Look ▁what ▁gold ▁he ▁m ined ▁out ▁of ▁that ." ▁Carl ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁Mike ▁Love ▁who ▁got ▁Brian ▁into ▁do o - w op ▁music . ▁ ▁Per