I do own CDs by Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, and Joni…

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

— Don DeLillo

This record has a lot of influences that I'd love to cover, like Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind and Fire. Maybe I'll do some…

— Jon Secada

Because of my comedic-influence growing up, Mel Brooks, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin… A lot of Jeff comedic-influences included Charlie Chaplin and physical comedians of…

— J. Robert Spencer

Like as a fan of music, I feel like everything that I listen to influences my writing, whether it's a song where I know…

— Gracie Abrams

In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively…

— Tea Obreht

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write…

— Sheryl Crow

I'd say the music influences the writing - the music and rhythm of the prose - much more than the writing influences the music.

— Rob Roberge

I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina,…

— Nicholas Sparks

Theatre and cinema have been major influences in my life.

— Mithila Palkar

There are major influences on us that people are not aware of. There are big lies that nobody's willing to discuss.

— Jack Nicholson

My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army and combat were major…

— Gene Wolfe

The kind of people who can assemble huge crowds into one spot will be the major influences on mass culture in the next decade.…

— Jim Morrison

My major influences were primarily guitar players and bands; I started playing bass by accident.

— Dusty Hill

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