Quotes About Influence

I was always inundated with music, whether it be my mother's favorites like Fleetwood Mac and Carole King and the Carpenters, or my dad's jazz music.

I'm not a big blues fan, but I don't know anyone who doesn't dig B.B. King.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my personal heroes.

The king appeared... with his dogs and sycophants behind him.

I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.

Nat King Cole was a really big influence.

There are many people making a difference. I mean, Dr. King never held an office. Gandhi never held an office. There are people who are archetypes in our society who have never held office and made a difference.

On cable now, the writer is king. Any actor chases that.

I knew BB King when he first started out.

I would actually like to play Bobby Brown. To me, he was just the King of R&B at one point.

The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats.

I listened to a lot of King Crimson back in the day.

If 'Game Of Thrones' hadn't been made, I don't think 'The Last Kingdom' would have been, but this is more grounded in real life.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

I like Jay Z, Journey, and Kings of Leon.

We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.

I love Kings of Leon.

Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.

For 'The Lobster Kings,' I listened to a lot of Johnny Cash. And it makes its way into the book.

The Beatles, the Small Faces and the Kinks were great bands, but that was in the '60s.

My favorite guitar players are Chuck Berry and Brian May and Dave Davies from the Kinks.

I think like my dad, but I have a huge kinship with my mom.

No matter how holy and righteous you are, you're still gonna have to kiss up to the billionaire for the check to get yourself elected to change the laws. Even if you're Bernie Sanders.

I think it'd be fun to tour with Kiss just because Kiss is the reason I got into playing in a band.