Quotes About Legacy

I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.

Mantovani was a great influence on me.

My father was a huge influence on me.

My father was an electrical engineer. He's presently 92 and still could be holding down a job. He had a very analytical way of looking at things, and I enjoyed that very much. I think that was a very large influence.

My dad had a huge influence on my career.

I always think about my dad. He's always in the back of my mind. That helps me make good decisions. It has an influence on my life in every decision and everything I do.

Bowie's been a huge influence on me.

I definitely don't think of myself as being an influence.

There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence.

I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff.

'The Godfather' has been a film which has influenced me a lot.

Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business.

Every coach has his own style of play, but when you spend your whole life as a Cowboy, you have to be influenced by what we did.

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

Lily Tomlin was one of the early comedy greats who influenced my courage to be the person I am.

Asian music influenced Debussy, who influenced me - it's all a huge circle.

Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history.

My grandmother influenced me so deeply.

The Steelers have influenced everything I've done as an adult.

Audrey Hepburn has influenced me.

My first two records were influenced by the Beatles and the Beach Boys.

Most writers have been influenced by Faulkner.

I think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara.

All composers who came after were influenced by Beethoven, even during his lifetime, both by his personality and by his music. He was a father figure for generations.