Quotes About Influence

I write longer sentences than most of the others, maybe because I probably like Henry James more than they do.

Long story short: E. L. James is a hero.

Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn't think I could carry his shoes back then.

James Brown is the reason I play guitar.

I am a big devourer of James Baldwin.

I lost a boyfriend over Elmore James. You know that moment when you send mixtapes at fifteen? He sent me pop hits, and I sent him Elmore James, and I never heard from him again.

Lauren Bacall, James Garner, and Jack Lemmon - they're all gone now, but I was so impressed by them.

I'm somebody who listens to a lot of funk, a lot of James Brown, and I want to be somebody who contributes all that energy to the mainstream.

My mom was a big fan of Al Green... James Brown we weren't allowed to listen to, so of course I knew James Brown.

You can't hate James Brown! Who hates James Brown?

The first record I heard as a kid? My dad is a great soul and blues fan, so he showed me James Brown. That was my first stuff, and I loved it.

When I was younger and played acoustic guitar music, I got a lot of Sheeran comparisons, along with guys like Paolo Nutini and James Morrison.

I don't think I was ever as fascinated or have had so much respect for anybody like James Cagney.

I admire Toni Morrison, Wole Soyinka, Margaret Atwood, James Baldwin, Elizabeth Strout, D. O. Fagunwa, Sefi Atta, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Colm Toibin and Junot Diaz. It's a long list that keeps growing.

LeBron James has always been the biggest one - I just love to watch him. I'm a big fan, and he's a big inspiration of mine.

Faux-freckles are definitely a James Charles touch to any makeup look. I love adding them and have seen so many other people start trying them as well! They're so cute!

At one point or another, everybody gets called 'the new James Dean.'

It's always an interesting experience with the 'Saw' films, when a sequel comes out that I didn't have anything to do with, creatively, because here's this idea, this story, and this character that I created for James Wan, but now it doesn't need me anymore.

The first artist that did it for me with just production was James Blake... I was just blown away... I feel like James Blake kind of was the one that introduced me into that world.

Black culture - we dance and sing. We're entertainers. James Brown said it best: the things we are make people want to be like us.

I'm a big James Baldwin fan.

I was inspired by James Brown, Michael Jackson and Prince.

I've been sampled at least 71 times. Me, James Brown and George Clinton, we're the ones who've been sampled the most.

I can't sing like Aretha Franklin as much as I wish I could. And I don't sing like Etta James and the Judds as much as I wish I could.