Or maybe from when he clobbered people as The Thing in the 2005 and 2007Fantastic 4movies.
But you probablydontknow Chiklis as a musician at least until now.
Basically, I had to go back to root, Chiklis says.
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I think those stick with you the rest of your life.
The artist who made me want to be a musician: Sammy Davis Jr.
He was the consummate entertainer.
I never looked at it as something that was separate.
I always thought they were art forms that completely complimented each other.
It just was a game changer.
The concert that changed my life: Queen
I remember seeing Queen for the first time.
As a high tenor-voiced drummer, Roger Taylor just blew my mind.
Like, there it is!
Thats the dream, right there!
I mean, I know that when I heard it, I went, Okay, The Police.
The Police are now officially a thing.
Like, if I met Kate Bush, Id probably break into tears and kiss her hand.
Because that album meant so much to me at the time it came out.
A soulful, amazing record.
So in the house, she would sing Streisand and Judy Garland tunes and stuff like that.
She just had a songbird voice, my mom.
[Laughs] Hes one of the first guys on the rap scene that I responded to and dug.
You have to mention Michael Jackson.
You have to talk about Prince.
You have to talk about Frank Sinatra.
You have to talk about Beyonce, today.
