Follow Quote by Kevin Macdonald

My father has been an inspiration - he instilled his work ethic without ever having to hammer it home. He was also very encouraging.

— Katie Melua

So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.

— Wanda Jackson

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather.

— James Earl Jones

I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.

— Elaine Stritch

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'm a writer who likes to be influenced.

— Kenneth Koch

My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn't visit him often, since he lived about three miles out…

— Umberto Eco

I am greatly influenced by my father who was a journalist.

— Jaya Bachchan

[My father] did every kind of work imaginable from painting to shoveling to herding cattle. And he's always been such an inspiration to me…

— Johnny Cash

Alot of my inspiration comes from people that you don't see on TV like my mum and my grandma. There's so much history and…

— Rachel Khoo

My grandfather influenced my brother, and my brother was my biggest influence.

— Trombone Shorty

I can honestly say that everything I've ever listened to has influenced me or motivated me in one way, form or fashion.

— Brantley Gilbert