Admit Quote by Robin Trower

I could start with Mandelstam, who was a huge influence on my early writing.

— Helen Dunmore

Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.

— A. N. Wilson

“The influence of early books is profound. So much of the future lies on the shelves. Early reading has more influence than any religious…

— Graham Greene

I do wish we recorded the early stuff we did, because we basically had an album.

— Grace Chatto

I don't think most comics look at their early stuff and think, 'wow... that was great!'

— John Pinette

When I look back at some of the Chicks stuff, it's the early stuff we did where we kind of giggle and go, 'You…

— Martie Maguire

I'm not particularly worried by any of the songs we've written in the past, except for some of the really early stuff which is…

— Bernard Fanning

I think that there are quite a few acts which have stayed with the basic feelings and that's good. And I see something of…

— Van Morrison

I love those days when you get up super early and get stuff done.

— MO

If there was Twitter when I wrote some of my early stuff, there'd be no 'Matilda.'

— Tim Minchin

When I was making the early stuff, I never expected it to be so big. I was in my own kind of bubble. I…

— The Weeknd

I was an avid collector of Elvis' early stuff; for a young singer, he was an absolute inspiration. I soaked up what he did…

— Ian Gillan

My grandfather was a big influence on me, but I lost him when I was a kid.

— Rob Morgan

The big influence on me was Robert Altman, who, especially in 'Nashville,' transformed my sense of dramatic structure and showed how you could handle…

— Tony Kushner

A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.

— Bruce Dickinson