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> [You sing about the things you're influenced by. So we've been big into sci-fi since we were kids, things like Star Trek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dino-cazares/you-sing-about-the-things-you-re-influenced-by-so-we-ve-been-big-into/)

[Dino Cazares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dino-cazares/)

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> [I've been able to have broad kind of education and all sorts of different music and a lot of kind of films…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-price/i-ve-been-able-to-have-broad-kind-of-education-and-all-sorts-of/)

[Steven Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-price/)

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> [One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-loeb/one-of-the-things-that-s-influenced-me-musically-was-my-experience-at/)

[Lisa Loeb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-loeb/)

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> [“The things that influenced my conduct as a Negro did not have to happen to me directly; I needed but to hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/the-things-that-influenced-my-conduct-as-a-negro-did-not-have-to/)

[Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/)

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> [When you think of things that influenced your life, Mother Goose influenced more people than almost any other thing, the rhythms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/when-you-think-of-things-that-influenced-your-life-mother-goose/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

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