Quotes About Influence

I got my style from my mom, she was a classy lady.

I don't know who I can compare my style to because I listen to everybody from old to new. If I hear stuff that I like, I'll definitely gravitate to it and spin it in my own way. I'm a mixture of a lot of people, honestly, but I'm myself.

My style when I was 17 was very low-key with jeans, T-shirts, and Converse. I was signed to a major record label by then, so I had stylists helping me.

My mom has helped me so much. She has great style, and she's an amazing dresser.

I appreciate what others have done in the past especially for my genre, and my style of singing. And they sure put a footprint - you know, they got the foot in the door, but I'm going to put my foot straight through the door.

One hero in my life that I've had from college on to now was Muhammad Ali. I studied his quotes, his style, and his strength. He was a revolutionary in every sense of the word.

Angelina Jolie is my style inspiration.

My style influences my music and everything around me.

Very early in my career, I thought I had to conform to one style of leadership - lead by being the loudest one in the room, with the sharpest elbows.

I started with very tonal 19th-century music because I wanted to be a violinist as a child. So this was my first music, and then I was very much influenced by Stravinsky and Shostakovich in the 1950s. But I was starting to develop my own style.

I had really no sense of style. Everyone around me in my family had the sense of style - I learned as much as I possibly could.

I've followed Mysskin sir's work, and I really like his style of filmmaking.

I'm just a Harlem dude that can rap, and people dig my style and persona.

Prince played a big influence on my style.

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.

I read Nabakov for style, Mary Karr for heart and resonance of where I come from. She's from the same part of the world that I'm from. Cormac McCarthy and Hemingway, to read the masters.

Jurgen has a very proactive way to play, he set marks in Germany with his kind of football and that really influenced my style.

My style icons were Gwen Stefani, when she was in No Doubt, and then Shirley Manson in Garbage.

I think of my drawing style like handwriting: it's a mix of whatever handwriting you're born with, plus bits and pieces you've pilfered from other people around you.

My style icon actually is my three sisters. I love the way they dress and the way they put things together. I definitely get most of my style from them.

I've always been into dressing nicely. My dad's really into fashion, also. We'll always go out and buy stuff. He has his own style and I have my own style, but it's a shared thing. Same thing with my grandfather; he was really into his style, so it's just sort of been passed down, I think.

My dad is French and he's my number one style icon.

My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention.

If you're mimicking my style - or sound like me in any way - you're just letting people know you love Brat.