Quotes About Influence

I'm like the Davy Crockett of comedy... after Davy Crockett opened up the West and helped everybody... they didn't need him anymore. I freed a lot of comics... if I never would have done comedy, it would've been a different art form... I'm sure of it.

I think the first person who kind of broke my mind was probably Jimi Hendrix. Listening to him opened my mind up to where you can take music and how far you can take rock n' roll.

The 'Inside' record definitely opened up a whole new audience.

Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.

Dylan's relationship with Johnny Cash was the biggest influence on Nashville in my lifetime - they opened up country music.

Ricky Martin just kind of opened a big door, but it's always been around. Latin artists have always been there, but some of them were never doing it in the U.S.

Jennifer Lopez, she opened so many doors for Latinas such as myself.

'Fifty Shades' opened the door and made it easier to write about any issue that's controversial. It has helped other authors talk honestly.

I'm not going to lie; having acting greats like Kamal Haasan and Sarika as parents has, in a sense, opened doors.

I think PSY opened a lot of doors for K-pop artists.

'Housewives' opened the door for me for people to listen.

My bassist Jorgen Jorgensen opened up my life to a lot of great, obscure old soul records.

I feel like it's social media that's opened that door. We're able to accumulate and generate our own fan base. Once we do that and put our own work in, labels take notice that we have our own following.

With social media, the gatekeepers are our followers. It has opened so many doors for me not only musically, but fashion-wise as well.

As I've opened up, the less negative comments there are. Ninety-eight percent of followers love what I'm doing for fashion, for tennis, for coming back from an injury. They follow the part that inspires them.

My job on Earth, the reason why Kirk is created, is to make God famous. I just want God to be well-known. And I think it's created a dialogue - I think it's opened up conversation, and people have started to talk about what religion is to them.

Audiences go to the movies to feel - and I feel like when people watch movies, their hearts are opened. I think that's the best way to influence change in the right direction.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor has opened my eyes in many ways.

I've been very happy to see some of the success that I've had along the way in opening the eyes of people, especially people who listen to music.

When a Brazilian player comes to England and is successful, he ends up opening doors to other players.

I've always admired Bruce Lee for his trailblazing efforts opening doors for Asians in entertainment and beyond.

A formidable game of 'Name That Influence' could be based on the music of the seductive rock duo Girls: The band's first single, 'Hellhole Ratrace,' would barely reach its opening words before screams of 'Elvis Costello!' and 'Wreckless Eric!' drown out the music.

The way I was raised, I didn't have a role model who was openly out.

American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate.