Quotes About Influence

Rock & roll fan that I am, Thelonious Monk is probably my favorite musical artist.

My dad was into jazz, so there was a lot of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington playing in the house, but also a lot of soul, such as Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald, while my mum liked Prince and Diana Ross.

We've all had our thing. I listened to the Monkees when I was little kid.

'Monkey Island 2' was a huge game for me. It kind of taught me all about comedy.

The first movie I ever saw was a blaxploitation movie. It was called 'Monkey Hustle.' Like I said, just listen to the name. That's a blaxploitation movie. It had these incredible, bigger-than-life images of people who looked like I did. Or who looked like I wanted to look like.

Jayalalitha is a performing monkey in the hands of Sasikala.

I've never heard anything like 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.' The Arctic Monkeys are my favorite band, and that is my favorite album.

I love bands like the Arctic Monkeys and The Smiths, and I'm working on my own music.

I love the Arctic Monkeys!

That's a win for me, for people to be able to say, 'Faith, fatherhood, monogamy exists in hip-hop.'

I read somewhere that your voice towards your children becomes their inner monologue. That was so interesting to me, and I think that pertains to 'Better Things' as well.

As we go about our daily routines, our internal monologue narrates our experience. Our self-talk guides our behavior and influences the way we interact with others. It also plays a major role in how you feel about yourself, other people, and the world in general.

To the men in Washington, the world is just a giant Monopoly board.

I'm a huge fan of Clyde Frazier and Earl Monroe.

When I was filming the Marilyn Monroe movie, I was listening to a lot of Leonard Cohen.

Everybody who's played Marilyn Monroe before has gone down in flames. It's impossible to capture Marilyn Monroe.

I always loved the style of Jean Seberg, Jane Birkin and Marilyn Monroe.

The United States was born with an imperialist impulse. There has been a long confrontation between Monroe and Bolivar... It is necessary that the Monroe Doctrine be broken.

When I was 12 years old I discovered Bill Monroe and my dad got me a mandolin.

Imagine my name being taken in the same breath as Marilyn Monroe and Madonna.

I don't have money. Monsanto has money.

NBC has created a monster and it is called Donald Trump.

I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.

Hopefully I've given something back to darts, which has been brilliant to me. Hopefully I made it a bit popular when I first started; I was part of the breakaway, and I also created a monster, so I think I've done a little bit.