Quotes About Influence

I love that about the Beatles, that the music is still going on more than the haircut, you know.

Our minds are shaped by the books we read. Our characters, by the people we meet. Our spirits by the love we give.

Chick Hearn taught me how to play basketball, how to think about basketball. He taught me how to love basketball.

I love '30 Rock.' Absolutely love it. It's a game-changing show.

Everywhere we go, Nancy makes the world a little better.

I love the fact that 35 years later, I still hear my songs on the radio.

I can go into restaurants and a whole table will get up and clap if they recognize me, because they love Fox News. Other places - or even the same place - people will turn the other way.

I'm going to do whatever it takes to be able to affect people the same way I've been affected by the music I love.

Man, if it weren't for Bill's Records and Tapes I would've been an accountant like my dad. I love my dad, but thank God for Bill's.

If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.

To be appreciated by a whole 'nother generation of fans, all of a sudden discovering you, it's kind of what I did with the classic bands I love - the ones that influenced me.

I love the English. My God, they brought us 'Benny Hill,' 'Monty Python,' 'The Office,' Neville Chamberlain.

I love the role that men play in our lives.

I thought it would not hurt to remind you that love is a powerful force in this world, invisible though it seems.

I love producing shows. And so when you're on a show where other people are making decisions you don't necessarily agree with it, after a while you start to feel like a passenger.

I would love to record something with PJ Harvey or Alison Goldfrapp.

Raymond Chandler I love a lot, and the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard. I really love his voice.

If I love a song I hope to find a way to get other people to love it too.

I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of course.

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.

In terms of melody, I am really into great 90's melodies. I feel like there was a great focus on melody in the 90's, like 90's pop-hooks and 90's R&B hooks; I just love them.

Well, I love Bob Dylan, let's make that clear. He's one of my musical heroes.

I've always had a great love for the blues.

I love the classic crooners, but I got that from my mother - she worked in a record store.