Blues, rock, and soul are part of the music I make, but there are Indian influences, too. — Shruti Haasan Copy Share Image
As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool… — Ja Rule Copy Share Image
Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard and Keith Whitley - guys like that were huge influences. — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I think there's too much of the wrong type of influences that stem from hip-hop. — Vince Staples Copy Share Image
Literary influences are harder for me to point to, because mostly it's a mulch of all of my past reading. — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how much public opinion influences the media. — Bruce Jackson Copy Share Image
Ask me my influences, I always talk about Bjork and Beck because they're independent voices in the music industry. — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order. — Sam Kinison Copy Share Image
I got my influences from '70s bands - Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, blah blah blah. When I was growing up, we had all… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family with two very strong women, my mother and my older sister, and they were big influences… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
My influences are all over the place. Different films have spoken to me at different times in my life, and they've helped… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
My style influences came from just growing up in L.A. and watching everything and the whole environment and just traveling. — Nick Young Copy Share Image
My influences as a comedian and filmmaker are Albert Brooks, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Andy Kaufman and John Cassevettes. — Sam Seder Copy Share Image
I'm not inspired by songwriting at all; that took place years ago. I'm pretty well established, as far as my influences go.… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
These are the influences that everybody has. Some individuals might stand out because of one thing or another, but whether one's perception… — John Hume Copy Share Image
You don't have to play the blues to play rock 'n' roll, but that's where, somewhere along the line, your influences came… — Dusty Hill Copy Share Image
Take a guy like Phil Collins, for instance. He's known as a pop-rock artist, but some of his music is so amazingly… — Gym Class Heroes Copy Share Image
I have a lot of influences. I like to sit down with the cinematographer a month before, and we'll watch pieces of… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
There are so many bad influences out there. I don't care if a kid is rich or poor, if he lives in… — Warren Moon Copy Share Image
I felt like I grew up with Bowie. I never dressed like him, even though I did love the music, but consistently… — Edward Enninful Copy Share Image
My work is a fusion of personal experiences and influences - moody atmospheres, victorian-inspired couture, and timeless elements all laced with clandestine… — Lori Earley Copy Share Image
I'm a mad thinker in general. I think about everything, all the time. Especially when I write music, a lot of the… — Adam Hicks Copy Share Image
America is a mosaic not of groups but of individuals, each of whom carries a host of cultural influences, some chosen, some… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
I'm a street player, and all of my influences come from bands that I was listening to at the time when I… — Joey Kramer Copy Share Image
My main influences - I loved art. I sounds a little pretentious to say I was into art but I liked drawing.… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
“We're freaks, the two of us, Franny and I. I'm a twenty-five-year-old freak and she's a twenty-one-year-old freak, and both those bastards… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
People ask me if I'm influenced by British music, and I suppose I grew up listening to mostly British music - from… — Chino Moreno 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
“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
“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
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
