My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors.

I guess I would call my music 'blues punk.' There's a lot of influences.

The two biggest influences of the '70s were Don Cornelius and Bruce Lee.

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.

When you're crafting a character, it's good to have a lot of influences.

Winning influences, it helps, it gets the kids. Winning makes an impact.

I am passionate about God, about Jesus, and what His influences do to me.

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.

I think when you're blessed with great influences, you need to spread it.

One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Neil Young and Bob Dylan are my main influences.

I felt I had a good ear, and I had the ability to sing like my influences.

We have to deal with the way that race influences our criminal justice system.

I can't list all the influences that Lady Gaga has given me and my generation.

One of my biggest intellectual influences in my life was Alex Karp of Palantir.

I try to find influences in not only wrestling but all facets of entertainment.

Skipp and Spector's 'Books of the Dead' were huge influences on me as a writer.

My music is really fun music, with some pan-African and pan-American influences.

I am very proud of my mother - she is one of the greatest influences in my life.

I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.

My musical influences are from the '50s: Bill Evans, Miles Davis and Ahmad Jamal.

Since childhood, sports has been one of the most important influences in my life.

One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist.

I'm a huge fan of Doordarshan, so my influences range from international to local.

My biggest influences as an actor were Marlon Brando, and I really dug James Dean.

Everything I hear influences me. I can't tell you all my influences as a musician.

One of my biggest influences, of course, is David Simon and his work on 'The Wire.'

A lot of young chefs today get carried away by trends, by influences, by movements.

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

I formulate my style based on a range of influences from books to films and my moods.

When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant.

My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.

KRS One and LL Cool J are the biggest influences in my rap career, along with Heavy D.

As a born-again Christian, I believe God actively and directly influences me to action.

My own accumulation of influences is actually what made me a writer in the first place.

I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige.

And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them.

Daphne Guinness, who makes couture seem wearable, is an icon who influences what I wear.

I've always been attracted to negative influences - I thought that meant you were smart.

I've had influences from many people including the coaches and players I've worked with.

Blues, rock, and soul are part of the music I make, but there are Indian influences, too.

I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.

The things I write are combinations of all of the people that have been influences to me.

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.

Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture.

Tony Williams, Billy Cobham and Lenny White; some of those guys were big influences on me.

Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences.

I haven't read a lot of Westerns. But I wrote a Western. The influences were all cinematic.

The way you think influences the way you feel, and the way you feel determines how you act.

People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of.

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