People just don't realize how much peer pressure, the desire for peer acclamation, influences them. — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
The influences I had were all people with versatile interests who had a large world view. — Robin Lopez Copy Share Image
For my style influences you've got to look at Kanye first. Pharrell when I was growing up, too. — Nick Young Copy Share Image
Daphne Guinness, who makes couture seem wearable, is an icon who influences what I wear. — Ashley Madekwe Copy Share Image
One of my biggest influences, of course, is David Simon and his work on 'The Wire.' — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet. — Washed Out Copy Share Image
It's odd that invoking the possibility of alien influences should itself be a sign of madness. I don't see the need for… — Graham Hancock Copy Share Image
I don't think I've got an innate sense of style, but I guess I'm influenced by those I love and admire. You… — Mark Ronson Copy Share Image
I come from a short fiction background, and my mom is a poet, so I've always read poetry; I've always had a… — Lorde Copy Share Image
Everybody influences everybody else, in my opinion. There are different trends in music all the time. No matter who starts them, if… — Chris Young Copy Share Image
You don't just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It's okay to say, 'My influences are Tin Pan music… — Grimes Copy Share Image
When I started out, I was definitely writing about experiences that I hadn't had yet. The songs were just based on my… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
From when I first started listening to music, M. S. Subbulakshmi has been one of my biggest influences. She poured her heart… — Sid Sriram Copy Share Image
Firstly, I'd say that A. R. Rahman sir is one of the biggest influences in my life. He's given me some great… — Chinmayi Copy Share Image
My biggest poetic influences are probably 20th-century British and Irish poets. So I suppose I'm always listening for the music I associate… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
I haven't had television since 1991, and it definitely influences me. As a child of the 1970s, I couldn't hold a narrative… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues. My dad has always brought and played different genres like… — Haley Reinhart Copy Share Image
When I came to the Senate in 1997, the world was being redefined by forces no single country controlled or understood. The… — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's… — J. August Richards Copy Share Image
That's where my influences lie, in the blues with people like Muddy Waters and Tina Turner. At first I didn't really like… — Vince Clarke Copy Share Image
There were so many different influences in my life: being half Mexican and half Irish, growing up an only child of immigrant… — Lindi Ortega Copy Share Image
Although my music is electronic, it has a lot of influences from my past, which is all sorts of genres; I've been… — Zedd Copy Share Image
“I’ve had so many influences and sources of inspiration as an illustrator that it is impossible to name just one. I loved… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
Anyone has outside influences. They are the results of the cosmic roll of the dice: this person is born Aragon the Ranger,… — James Franco Copy Share Image
There are many influences in my music, not only blues. R&B, Motown, gospel, old timey, jazz, even classical are all part of… — Rory Block Copy Share Image
“Time often is forgiving and dismissive of the influences, because they recede. We look at Sgt. Pepper and we go "wow! How… — Michka Assayas Copy Share Image
“Rachel Ries is a wonderful singer/performer/songwriter who writes her music with a literary and poetic style. In an interview with Amanda Miller… — Rachel Ries Copy Share Image
“Coleridge wrote a poem called ‘The Eolian Harp,’ in which he explored the notion of music slumbering on its instrument. It's a… — Amal El-Mohtar Copy Share Image
My greatest influences are actually probably a set of different teachers. And these teachers, most prominently at my high school, but also… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
For me, I don't really feel like I have any particular main influences or artists that I pull from; it's more of… — Tei Shi Copy Share Image
