Quotes About Influence

Jimmy White was my massive idol.

The least likely of military leaders, Joan of Arc changed the course of the Hundred Years' War and of history.

Joan was one of my biggest fans, as was Chrissie Hynde.

I'll never have so compelling a figure within my embrace as Joan of Arc; there will never be a book whose last chapter is so very hard to get right.

I want to be the Joan of Arc of fashion. I want to be the link between the runway and the real woman.

Joan Rivers was a role model to comics everywhere, but especially to women. She got the first laugh and the last laugh.

I love Mel Gibson... I'd like to ask him for a job.

No one knows the Senate better than Joe Biden; he lived there for 35 years.

I always looked up to Billie Joe because every song on Green Day's albums was catchy and good.

Joe Mauer, as a local guy, I've looked up to him.

You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again.

I'm a huge fan of Joe Walsh and a big James Gang fan. A lot of what I know about playing the guitar I learned from listening to him.

When I think about the person who's been most in my ear, it's Joe Dumars.

Joe Mantegna is like my Los Angeles dad.

'I'd Rather Go Blind' was a song I did on an album with Joe Bonamassa called 'Don't Explain,' and I've always been such a huge, huge Etta James fan.

I remember hearing people like Joe Cocker, Fleetwood Mac, and Elvis. My parents were big fans of them, and they were the early seeds. My brother was more into Slipknot, and I still listen to them, too, but it wasn't until I listened to Paolo Nutini that it really clicked.

When it comes to jiu-jitsu, enthusiasm, being able to say the right stuff and the best stuff, no one comes close to Joe Rogan. He just smashes everybody.

I don't care about Joe Schmo with two Twitter followers saying bad things to me, but if the guy I'm sitting next to on the telecast thinks that way, that matters a lot to me.

When Joe Rogan started his podcasts he'd have me, Joe Diaz, and all our friends help him for the first few. And I told him 'Dude, no one will listen to audio that's over an hour long. You've got to end it at 59:59 or less.' And I was way wrong.

Joe Morello, my dad was really into him and Little Richard's drummer.

My cousin Joe was just the coolest kid and I wanted to be like him. He had girls, could do whatever he wanted and he was a bricklayer, so I decided to do that.

John Lennon was definitely my favorite Beatle, hands down.

My influences are Alice in Chains and Elton John.

I sort of as a kid was fascinated with all the fat comedians, like John Candy, John Belushi, Benny Hill.