Complex sentence: His early influences were diverse, ranging from church and choral music to the Merseybeat sounds of the early 1960s and he studied the bass styles of John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, and Larry Graham.
Split into simpler sentences: His early influences were diverse, ranging from church and choral music to the Merseybeat sounds of the early 1960s. He studied the styles of John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, and Larry Graham.