Quotes About Influence

I started being me about the songs, not writing objectively, but subjectively. I think it was Dylan who helped me realize that - not by any discussion or anything, but by hearing his work.

I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work.

The Beatles did their best cover work on Little Richard's 'Long Tall Sally' and music influenced by Richard, such as Larry Williams's 'Dizzy Miss Lizzie.

I always wanted to work with Michael Jackson. His music will live forever and with technology nowadays... maybe I could.

My daily surroundings feed my work, whether it's something I'm working on right now or it's something down the road.

A writer can't subtract or excise any of his/her past because doing so would erase the work produced during that time.

We are what we are because of the hard work, insights and achievements of countless others.

There are some people who are very powerful who I will never name, because I want to be able to work in this town.

Whatever is going on in your life when you're writing has to somehow seep into your work.

In the end I'm in love with it [Western European easel painting]. And that's where a lot of the influence from the work comes from.

The office environment that people live in and work in, dictates your culture and how people make decisions.

It's part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities.

I actually never knew Peter Green but I do respect his early work very much.

It's always nice when people appreciate your work because it means you've affected them, which is great. And so that feels good.

I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European.

You and I both know that as long as our representatives are held hostage to their funders - and their funders are not all of us - our system will not work

I'm glad if my work can make a difference.

I bought [John Lennon's] 'Plastic Ono Band,' and I listened to it over and over for months. It's a monumental work of genius.

Everybody was inspired by the drawings and the wind tunnels and the race cars - but no one wanted to work with me because I had a reputation for being an aerodynamic dictator!

Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original.

I didn't want to play music because the whole family did it. I wanted to work in a cubicle. I saw Office Space as a young tween and missed the point of the movie. I was like, "This looks good!".

A work should convey its entire meaning by itself, imposing it on the spectator even before he knows what the subject is.

What artists call posterity is the posterity of the work of art.

When WHO works with the private sector, the Organization takes all possible measures to ensure its work to develop policy and guidelines is protected from industry influence.