I'm a songwriter. Everything affects me.

One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want…

— Taylor Swift

Everything affects hip-hop. The question is, how does it affect the money that corporations are going to invest to put out different kinds of…

— will.i.am

He brought a sensibility and a hard-edged reasonableness to operating restaurants that had a lasting impact on me and still affects how I run…

— Joe Bastianich

My little boy, West, and my wife, they're my rock and that's the thing that keeps driving me to do better at what I…

— Randy Houser

I'm a songwriter, and I'm more than just a screamer.

— John Corabi

When you're a songwriter and you click with someone, you tend to want to keep writing with that person.

— Billy Sherwood

I'm a songwriter, and people will tell you the greatest stories about their lives, whether you want to hear it or not.

— Lionel Richie

Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all…

— Dolly Parton

What I hope is to really focus on being a songwriter. I'd love to write songs for other people; that's something I'd really like…

— Sinead O'Connor

Spina bifida affects every single aspect of your life, from your child's self-esteem to your ability to sleep at night.

— Nicole Ari Parker

Education affects every major challenge we face in society. It creates economic growth, paves the way for peace and stability and helps erase the…

— Shakira

The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.

— Adam Davidson

Your environment affects you wherever you are.

— David Mitchell

I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive issue that…

— Charles B. Rangel

“Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition.”

— Daniel Kahneman