Influenced Quotes

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I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. ... I was influenced a lot by those around me-there was a lot of singing that went… — Willie Nelson
Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced by the folk… — Bruce Hornsby
I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be… — Elie Wiesel
I'm an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City with a single… — Padma Lakshmi
We shouldn't require our politicians to be movie stars. Then again, we're all influenced by charisma. It's hard not to be. We all collectively fall… — Julianne Moore
The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think… — Eriq La Salle
My mom had started to go to work when I was nine or ten, so I was aware of women trying to find their own… — Elisabeth Shue
This was totally influenced by me and the direction that I am writing about and the stuff that I am writing about. There is just… — Vanilla Ice
I could have done a hundred songs, really. It was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most part… — Alan Jackson
Any creative work that is truly alive is influenced by a thousand chance factors in its generation. — Starhawk
I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many… — Emmylou Harris
I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice and I'm very… — Tony Iommi
Music really influenced me when I was growing up. I did go through a Jimi Hendrix phase. My hair was naturally quite afro, and I… — Helen McCrory
I find a duck's opinion of me is very much influenced by whether or not I have bread. — Mitch Hedberg
Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions. — Graham Nash
All propaganda must be so popular and on such an intellectual level, that even the most stupid of those towards whom it is directed will… — Adolf Hitler
If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will… — Gary Panter
Bassist Steve Uccello's Symmetria is filled with cool and unique sounds, textures, and musical ideas, evoking an imagined atmosphere of open spaces influenced by Ry… — Bryan Beller
In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it. — Paul Merton
I think people tend to live, whether they like it or not, influenced by what's next door to them. — Campbell Scott
If you're an American kid, you can't help but be influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the Rolling Stones because they're always on the… — Chris Cornell
It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave… — Mackenzie Astin
No one … can entirely step out of his time, that despite his keenness of vision his thinking is in many ways bound to be… — Karen Horney
I would be very proud to have influenced anyone that I know or don't know to quit smoking. — Christy Turlington
The thing that influenced me most was the way Tommy played his trombone. It was my idea to make my voice work in the same… — Frank Sinatra

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