Neil Young

I consider this man the true father of modern songwriting. Without taking anything away from other great artists, he has more offspring, Young (I think of the various, extraordinary Kozelek, Linkous, Cobain...) than anyone else. He struggled while digging into the depths of the human soul, an innovator, a forerunner of sounds and musical movements that exploded years, decades later. A unique and genius artist from whom there is and always will be something to learn.