Quotes About Influence

You're born with a certain love of something. Music was my first love, and that's the world I work from. Growing up, I was surrounded by artists, so my upbringing supported this lifestyle.

My upbringing was solid because of the people I had around me.

Teachers shape so much of what a kid's upbringing can be.

My biggest influence is rap. It spoke to me, probably because of my upbringing in Christiania. You listen to 'The Chronic' and you can hear that anger and frustration.

I don't want to make light of the importance of my musical upbringing, as you cannot avoid being influenced by the area you grow up, but I will say that Reykjavik's geography is very different from, say, New York, Paris, or Copenhagen. There's big skies. The buildings are low. The landscape is spread out.

I did have quite a different upbringing to a lot of my peers. We all have a sort of code that we get, especially as Beatles kids. It's an unspoken sort of word of understanding. But I'm comfortable around a lot of different types of people.

For me growing up, I had a Christian upbringing, and I just noticed this Catholic influence in school.

I don't really know that I'm aware of a lot of the inspiration and influence that I'm under, because I didn't have an extensive musically educational upbringing.

I have fond memories of all things Henson. I grew up on the stuff. My mom's a massive fan and made sure it was a part of my upbringing.

Brass bands are part of my upbringing. Brass band records were among the first records I listened to.

I grew up in New York City, but the rest of the world was a very big part of my upbringing.

I grew up as a Muslim: it was quite a conservative upbringing; I didn't wear mini-skirts. But my mum and dad had a good sense of humour and were creative. I guess all of that shaped me.

Theater actually took time to pique my interest. It just wasn't a part of my upbringing. I don't have anyone in the arts in my family. I wasn't brought up particularly cultured. It was always TV and film for me.

My parents were on the road a lot in the 1970s. Winifred Kelly, a nurse from the hospital where I was born, was hired to care for me. Her love and discipline had a big influence on my upbringing.

My upbringing saved me.

Being from the Middle East paired with my upbringing in the United States had pretty polarising effects on the way I perceive beauty.

Siddhant has received a perfect upbringing from his mother and it's up to me now to continue on the same track. But I must say that it's definitely not possible for a father to play the role of a dad and mom simultaneously.

Music was a big part of my upbringing. My mum and my grandma are very passionate about music.

My upbringing in Rampur has contributed a lot to what I am today.

I think that's the greatest gift she gave us, this normal upbringing without her fame hanging over our heads. It actually prepared us for the world.

I was born in a temple to a priest father, in a place like Benaras. So, my upbringing has been influenced by such surroundings.

Traveling has been a really big part of my upbringing and I've been fortunate enough to travel for different reasons. I'd like to think that it has had an impact on my character and personality, which ultimately affects my music.

Ultimately, it's one's upbringing, consciousness and circumstances that decide the path you'll choose.

A lot of my family weren't present when I was young, so I was getting a lot of stories told to me about them. Certain members of family had reputations because they were involved in crime and stuff like that. Then, when I was out on the streets, I'd be hearing more stories about them. So I think my whole upbringing was just heavily story-oriented.