Ball Quote by Ellen DeGeneres

Everything I do references something that influenced me.

— Virgil Abloh

I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.

— Ted Rall

I was heavily influenced by Andy Kaufman and Steven Wright.

— David Cross

I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.

— Bob Newhart

In life, I'm most inspired by entertaining people and driven by the desire to do it by such a powerful force that I think…

— Brandi Carlile

I have been as influenced by music and films as by books.

— Kevin Barry

I take inspiration from others.

— Lindsay Hoyle

Listening to Dr. King on the radio inspired me. Coming under the influence of Jim Lawson inspired me to think that I, too, could…

— John Lewis

I always have a reason for why I do something.

— Colby Covington

I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.

— Kenneth Koch

I'm definitely influenced by lots of different things - from music, from reading, from I don't know... I have a lot of different sources…

— Marko Djurdjevic

I think I'm passionately allowing myself to be influenced by the things that are around me.

— Theaster Gates