Quotes About Influence

When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year.

In a changing global landscape, Europe will be more and more an indispensible power.

American history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.

I am begining to look more and more like my miserable imitators.

As I listened more and more to the music that moved me, I gained more fascination with America.

I really am enjoying the fact that I feel like women are having more and more say in Hollywood, in television particular.

I met Quincy Jones in Seattle. We were kids together... liked each other when we met and have been close ever since. He wasn't writing when we met - in fact, I more or less started him off to write; voicing, harmony, and stuff like that.

One of the great debates about the Internet is whether it is making people more or less free.

The idea that we can actually have an impact on places more or less instantly, too, by responding in some way or not responding, I think, also makes it true.

America is the big subject of the second half of the 20th century, tackled in one form or another by all the great American male writers. You could make a case for saying that it was the only game in town - from Bellow to Roth to Updike to Richard Ford - America was more or less explicitly the leitmotif.

As you reach more people, there is a potential to make a living with what you are creating, and that's the goal.

I always find that the more Jewish you are, the more people respect you.

People need to feel like their heroes are human, not on the mat but in the world. The more people can see that, the more they can understand that they're capable of doing great things as well.

I think 'Miracle's Boys' made more people aware of my work.

More people care about LeBron James than some religious leader.

The more lawyers there are, the more people are out there to encourage others not to go to law school.

More people are exposed to movies than to most other forms of art.

My main goal is to be the No. 1 American and the No. 1 player in the world. If an American is on top of the leader board every week, it will bring more people into the game of golf.

It's always exciting when you love something and you get the opportunity to share it with more people.

When I got a million subscribers, it just sort of snowballed from there because a lot more people show interest. They're like, 'Who's this? They've got a million subscribers; maybe I'll like their channel.'

The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.

That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.

I look back upon my times when more people were listening to what I had to say, and I didn't say enough.

Metal needs to be exposed to more people, so it's good for rock if there's bigger bands.