Musical Influences
McCulloch has cited Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, The Doors, Leonard Cohen and – in particular – David Bowie as influences for his work. He has described Cohen's song "Suzanne" as "the perfect lyric with the perfect melody" and Bowie as "so influential and the greatest solo artist of the 20th Century in any walk of art."
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