I think that sampling is a really interesting way to build upon musical history. I don’t really see anything wrong with it and feel like it should be encouraged. In other forms of art, people have influences. In many cases, famous works of art are very heavily influenced by other pieces. For example, Andy Warhol’d “The Last Supper” is an amazing piece that is really similar to Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper”. When you look at American Gothic again, that is a piece of art that is heavily parodied and influences so many newer pieces of art that try to get the same feeling or message across. Art will always have influences, and I don’t think it is a bad thing.