It's hard to narrow down your influences in comedy.

There were many influences on me while growing up. In the late Seventies and early Eighties when I was growing up in Hyderabad, it…

— Satya Nadella

Here's what I wish people wouldn't ask me: "Who are your influences?" That's a boring question. It's not even like, "What's it like to…

— Cameron Esposito

My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors.

— Tracey Ullman

You never know where your influences are going to come from, or where you're going to find your inspiration.

— Page McConnell

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

— Don DeLillo

Anyone who influences others is a leader.

— Charles R. Swindoll

I think about all these influences and musical cultures, then the opinion of the audience is of course important, but when I'm working on…

— Rokia Traore

I'm not inspired by songwriting at all; that took place years ago. I'm pretty well established, as far as my influences go. I don't…

— Mose Allison

One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

— Frank Gehry

I listened to my record and hear lots of influences. And it's very rich... it's got a wide spectrum.

— Chantal Kreviazuk

Everything in life influences my music.

— Jason Mraz

Freddie Mercury and Elton John are, like, two of the biggest Influences in my whole life. And probably always will be.

— Axl Rose

Influences come from everywhere. I don't really feel like I had too many influences for the first record because I grew up listening to…

— Avril Lavigne

My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different…

— Rokia Traore

DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.

— Ambrose Bierce