Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences. — Gordon Waller Copy Share Image
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I can't list all the influences that Lady Gaga has given me and my generation. — Lisa Copy Share Image
Latin music has many international influences - pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles. — Ednita Nazario Copy Share Image
“School and home seem to recede from us and their influences upon us seemed to wane.” — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I think I was affected quite a bit by musical and creative influences that go all the way back to my childhood. — Jeffrey Osborne Copy Share Image
I think when you're blessed with great influences, you need to spread it. — Edward Moore Copy Share Image
Real cultural diversity results from the interchange of ideas, products, and influences, not from the insular development of a single national style. — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Sebald, Naipaul, and Joyce are three of my biggest influences, all of them for their formal freedom and their ability to create… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
For me, 'Blade Runner' is one of the big influences in my life - I saw it when I was 13 or… — Johann Johannsson Copy Share Image
My influences come from real life. I'm not interested in cinema for cinema's sake. I'm interested in life - what one does… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
When Loughner himself speaks and we find out his real influences are Spiderman, 'Gnome Chomsky,' Taylor Swift, and Dr. Bronner, then what? — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
But as we shall see, Roosevelt, through a combination of events and influences, fell deeper and deeper into the toils of various… — John T. Flynn Copy Share Image
I have too many influences to name. I like a wide variety of stuff, which I think has been helpful. I liked… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
Every contact we have with a customer influences whether or not they'll come back. We have to be great every time or… — Kevin Stirtz Copy Share Image
Because of my comedic-influence growing up, Mel Brooks, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin… A lot of Jeff comedic-influences included Charlie Chaplin and physical… — J. Robert Spencer Copy Share Image
Growing up, Tina Turner was definitely one of my influences, and, um, I take things from different artists, and I put them… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
When it comes to influences, we are influenced not just by Japanese and overseas metal acts, but J-pop acts too. One Japanese… — Suzuka Nakamoto Copy Share Image
The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something… — Jerry Leiber Copy Share Image
We get so swept up in sort of what the media tells us to care about and all these other influences that… — Sara Rue Copy Share Image
The hazards posed by Near-Earth Asteroids are assessed by Sentry, a computer system developed by the Near-Earth Objects Group at NASA's Jet… — Brendan I. Koerner Copy Share Image
I wouldn't compare my sound on the mixtape to anything, but my influences are like - the minimal amount of hip-hop that… — CJ Fly Copy Share Image
People ask what my influences are, and for me, it's not always obvious. One of my biggest inspirations was Chrissie Hynde from… — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
I went to high school right outside Dallas, and (songwriter and performer) Michael Martin Murphey was a senior there when I was… — Ray Wylie Hubbard 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
“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
“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
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
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
