Quotes About Influence

My mom's never been married. I've never even seen my mom kiss a dude.

Fads are the kiss of death. When the fad goes away, you go with it.

My marriage to music came from KISS.

The first record I ever bought was Kiss's 'Destroyer.' And those classic bands like Black Sabbath were my first loves.

The first time I heard Kiss, I knew that was the type of music I was attracted to.

We didn't like the idea of Dixie Chick action figures. I mean that's just the kiss of death for a group. How could a hip teenager enjoy the Dixie Chicks while their little sister is playing with a Martie doll in the other room?

It's a beautiful thing when the young guys grew up off you, or they embrace you and respect your craft. They always call for me like 'Kiss, this is going to solidify me to get a joint with you.' That makes you feel proud as an artist.

It's absolutely wrong to see all of these large corporations folding into basically what the Democrats want, and that's kissing the ring.

I once said to a boy, 'You're a really good kisser,' and he said, 'You're only as good as the person you're kissing.' I think it's the same with the music.

I think Hadley is to Rice as Scowcroft was to Kissinger; not inclined to think or act independently.

I have three man crushes: Kit Harington, Ryan Gosling, and Alexander Skarsgard.

The German public knows me quite well. I have been in their kitchens and living rooms for years.

Very often, things that people may think come from the writer, very often don't. There's a lot of cooks in the kitchen when it comes to making a movie. When you hear a line of dialogue that sounds kind of tinny, it's pretty easy to cite the screenwriter. But there's a lot of stuff that goes into making a movie.

I have some kind of knack for getting to know or becoming very close with people I've long admired.

Not only do the Americans not defend our films, they buy them up just for remakes. It is shameful to kneel at their feet.

Am I foolish and insignificant or am I great? I gave all the individuals in the world cause to kneel down in front of me.

Cher hated 'If I Could Turn Back Time.' I had to beg her, literally, on my knees, just to try it. Happens all the time.

Why must we be eternally on our knees before the Kants and Hugos?

I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.

I grew up as a kid and the Knicks were great.

As a kid, I was big into Al Green, Gladys Knight and the Pips, but as I got older, I started listening to all sorts of music, including country.

The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us.

There weren't any white people in this country who didn't know who Gladys Knight was. Or the Pips were, as far as that's concerned.

I think every culture - you can call it an American Ronin, a medieval knight errant, you could talk about 'Shane.' There is an archetype that I think is actually common to a lot of cultures, and even the Clint Eastwood stuff was probably as influenced by the Japanese stuff, and yet done by an Italian.