Quotes About Influence

My father gave me Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' when I was in junior high; my junior high, angst-filled soul responded to that.

I think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read 'Crime and Punishment,' and that book just, I think, more than any other book made me want to be a writer, 'cause it was the first time that I hadn't just entered a book, but a book had entered me.

The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down after reading it in a fever over two or three days... I said, 'If this is what a book can be, then that is what I want to do.'

Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they can create an addiction to rewards and punishments.

From dancing around to Michael Jackson and Madonna as a kid to having my mind blown by the first sounds of punk and indie rock, to getting to play my own songs and have people listen, music is what got me through.

I love Nirvana, Weezer and a lot of pop punk stuff - Blink-182, I loved.

When I joined the band, I hadn't been introduced to a lot of these bands on the scene - no emo bands or punk bands. The only band I knew was My Chemical Romance.

Whether you like punk, grunge, or early rock and roll, there's probably something in there you've been living with your whole life and you didn't even know it was jazz.

Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.

I couldn't imagine a list of 10 records that didn't contain a punk record - that didn't contain a Clash record.

When you look back at the former Ring of Honor world champions, whether it be Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, Samoa Joe, Nigel McGuiness, the list goes on and on. These are the guys that built the lineage and importance of the Ring of Honor world championship.

We're more of a rock band and we have a punk influence and a pop influence.

The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch of songs that were influential in drawing a line between the punk form and original rock and roll.

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop.

People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything.

I used to hang out with a bunch of old punk rockers when I was a little kid.

In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework.

My biggest influences were 1980s punk and metal. Metallica were my biggest influence because they were good at everything - riffs, energy - but with such an ear for melody, it was hard not to get pulled into it and become a fanatic.

Rip Rig + Panic that I joined, they were really influenced by jazz and blues and punk. So I think what happened from punk, which was kind of DIY, was that it created a kind of creative place that was kind of without limits, in a way.

I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.

Bad Brains is one of my all-time favorite punk bands.

Guetta, in general, what he did for the entire industry, same as Tiesto, same as Daft Punk, they paved the way for us. If Guetta didn't exist, 'Animals' would have never been played on the radio. Because of people like him and Avicii. But mainly Guetta.

I will always consider myself a punk because of those experiences in high school. It will always be a part of me.

Growing up in Orange County, it was all O.C. punk, L.A. punk. Black Flag, all the SST stuff.