Quotes About Influence

Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.

And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.

Some people you struggle to argue with - they've got a lot of strong backing to what they say and what they do.

I grew up around backstage, and that clinched it for me.

I always try to act as though there is a little boy or a little girl around, and I try never to do anything that would give them a bad example.

I'm not going to do anything out my way to try to get somebody to watch me because I want to act a buffoon. I want to build a character that I want my kids to look up to. It's OK to be the bad guy when it's time to be the bad guy, but to live and be the bad guy all day, every day? It's like, 'No, come on, man, you're making us look bad.'

There's a lot of people I take stuff from, and it's mostly bad guys in movies.

The bad news is that only the bad people reach the news because they are noisier.

I have a lot of friends with bad taste in music - some might say that I have bad taste in music.

I know from my own experience that great films and great actors can have a really big influence on you. There is a place for art in the world, and if you're lucky enough to be good at something and to keep being given work, it's not such a bad thing.

Businesses have moved from doing business to doing lobbying, and I think that's a very bad thing.

I did a couple of plays at university, badly, where I made friends with Benedict Cumberbatch. When you see someone like him acting, it makes you think there's not much point in doing it yourself.

If 10 out of 10 news articles about Jordi Alba are negative, it's normal that people think badly.

I love Bulma from 'Dragon Ball Z.'

I didn't choose ballet, it was my mum's choice.

Strong communities start at the ballot box - where every eligible Ohioan has the opportunity to make their voice heard.

The first rock record I ever bought was 'Great Balls of Fire.' I was real little, and I went to Atlanta to get it.

When I grew up in West Baltimore, anything associated - and I'm talking about my childhood - with white people 99 percent of the time was something malevolent, like it was an explanatory force for something bad.

The best thing about this band is I'm the leader!

I played in ska bands and like all kinds of music.

I'm a big Black Crowes guy. I think they are one of America's greatest rock & roll bands ever.

I was such a massive fan of all the '60s pop bands, but if I had to single out one band, it would definitely be The Beatles.

Australia is so entrenched in rock n'roll and bands, and that's just the way Australia is.

People sometimes say that bands sound like The Cars, but when I hear it I don't know if they do or not.