Carlos Santana, guitarist and songwriter,
reinvented Brahms’ wheel!

“When my father died in 1997, I made a resolution that I wouldn’t listen to music for two months. And after two months, my father’s voice said to me, ‘I need you to play music now.’ So I turned on the radio. I was taking my son to school, and as soon as I turned it on, I heard that melody. My father played the violin, and I felt a connection, that he was directing me to this song; it turned out it was Brahms. Not long after, we were working on Supernatural with Dave Matthews, and this song came up again.  I shared it with Dave, and the next thing you know, it went on the album as ‘Love of My Life.'” (Video below.)
– The New York Times, 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Brahms (That link has 18 more examples by celebrity musicians, and this Brahms story is just one in their series, 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love… )