Quotes About Influence

I want to have a cultural impact. I want to be an inspiration, to show people what can be done.

My daughter is my greatest inspiration.

There is such a big chunk of me that is David Attenborough. I think he is my biggest inspiration.

My parents had a difficult divorce. My dad had to take a backseat for a few years, and my grandfather came in. He was also my inspiration for becoming an actor. I really respected him.

The very air in which you live is an inspiration.

In the end, I want to be an inspiration to somebody.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.

Bob Seger was a huge inspiration.

British comedy - which has been a big inspiration to me for many years - is very different to Australian comedy and different again to American comedy.

Babyface is definitely a big inspiration.

Any band on their first couple records is just trying to keep up with their inspiration.

Celine Dion is my major inspiration.

I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from.

My father was a great inspiration, and there was a bit of competition between us. He'd work in his studio, and I'd work in my space, but the door was always half open.

People often ask writers where they get their inspiration, and for me, the short answer is that I haven't a clue; I'm just grateful that I get them.

When I am having my picture taken, I channel Beyonce. In the studio, my inspiration is Adele.

The University of Maryland was an inspiration for me, and the relationships I made there have lasted a lifetime.

I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person.

Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.

In fact, Mario Parisi and my father are probably the two most inspirational figures when it comes to my growth as a company leader.

For me, growing up, one of my biggest fashion inspirations was Aaliyah.

Alanis Morissette - I think she's one of my biggest inspirations.

Lemaitre has been one of my inspirations ever since I started making music.