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I'd like to do a pop album with an R and B influence. I definitely want to have those big ballads with the uptempo hits as well.
I do own CDs by Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, and Joni Mitchell, but I don't think of them as being major influences on my writing.
I don't think anybody can with a straight face say that the Russians did not set out to influence our election, and they did so.
After my time in Holland, an inner battle ensued in which I tried to free myself from the influence of Schinkelesque classicism.
The contraction of theological influence has been at once the best measure, and the essential condition of intellectual advance.
The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.
I hated discussing ideas with investors, because then I become a Defender of the Idea, and that influences your thought process.
Audrey Hepburn is a huge influence on my style. She's classy, confident, and simplistic. She's a tomboy and also super feminine.
The road to success may be, and generally is, obstructed by many influences which must be removed before the goal can be reached.
Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.
Sadly, the system in this country is rigged in favor of wealthy elites who have purchased tremendous influence in our government.
But, as soon as speculators become an important influence in the market, their business is to speculate on each others behaviour.
The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone.
Consciousness succumbs all too easily to unconscious influences, and these are often truer and wiser than our conscious thinking.
I just wanted to experiment with the bass, and my main influence from Jaco Pastorius inspired me to write music in a certain way.
I think one of my biggest influences is Bette Davis. I've seen almost every one of her films, and she's been very inspiring to me.
OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us.
The whole constitution of property on its present tenures, is injurious, and its influence on persons deteriorating and degrading.
Contrast increases the splendor of beauty, but it disturbs its influence; it adds to its attractiveness, but diminishes its power.
As we lay hold upon the truth of God, its influence must affect us. It must elevate us. It must remove from us every imperfection.
Of the influence of Mr. Mill's personal character on those who were his political associates, it is difficult to speak too warmly.
My mom has obviously had a powerful influence on my life, and her voice can describe certain things that I couldn't see in myself.
A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed.
The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than of twenty asses laden with drugs.
I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing.
We have to be concerned that Russia is also increasing its military influence in Egypt, potentially in Libya, also in Afghanistan.
Ultimate influence is the ability to get the results you want from others while helping them feel genuinely good about themselves.
My biggest influence growing up was Avicii, who put me onto creating the sorts of melodies that feature throughout my songs today.
I believe there is a strong familial pull as the influence of beloved ancestors continues with us from the other side of the veil.
Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.
It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound.
... it is as true in morals as in physics that all force is imperishable; therefore the consequences of a human action never cease.
Don Knotts was a really big influence, especially on the Steve Allen show. I mean, look at the guy, his entire life is in his face.
In the end I'm in love with it [Western European easel painting]. And that's where a lot of the influence from the work comes from.
We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Not until the future eats the present, anyway. We know when it's too late.
Freud was one of the greatest influences on me. He made myth into psychiatry, and I've been trying to turn it back into myth again.
I never went to church a day in my life. The dominant religion (influence) in my family was my grandfather who was a Scientologist.
The general public are not even aware of major decisions that will determine their fate, hence are in no position to influence them
I think eventually I want to become a teacher, like my father wanted to be, and hopefully positively influence the next generation.
I grew up with the Grand Ole Opry, Dottie West, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens... not realizing it was influencing me as much as it was.
But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.
I want to be a positive influence. I want to be someone who they want to call in and want here consistently, regardless of my role.
A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other.
All the exciting contests and travel and sponsorships are cool, but I like to be able to have influence on people and on youngsters.
I am a lover of all sorts of different music. I love blues and every piece of music that I have listened to has become an influence.
Fine thoughts are wealth, for the right use of which Men are and ought to be accountable,-- If not to Thee, to those they influence.
I think for me, I personally believe that's what God put me here to do, be an influence, be an inspiration to other people and help.
The more I got into my artistry, I got a bigger responsibility: the kids in Chicago, they look up to the rappers. We influence them.
All talk of winning the people by appealing to their intelligence, of conquering them by impeccable syllogism, is so much moonshine.
My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn't have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment.