Quotes About Influence

There's a lot of Dave mania when I speak.

My fans are buying the DNA of Dave.

I guess my style is a cross between David Bowie and Clint Eastwood.

In my creative life, David Bowie is definitely an enormous influence on me, being one of rock's greatest shapeshifters.

David Steinberg was the reason the Smothers Brothers got cancelled.

Beastie Boys and David Bowie are two of my favorite artists.

I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them.

Harper Lee was my David Bowie, and I feel her loss in my bones.

I've come to find out everybody loves ol' David Allan Coe, even people like Kid Rock.

David Lynch helped me be cool.

Sloane Crosley and David Sedaris are two of my favorite writers; they're the kind of writers who make you feel like, 'I can do this. I want to do this.'

Ryan Giggs and David Beckham were the two players I've always looked up to.

Amiri Baraka went to Howard. Lucille Clifton went to Howard. Ossie Davis went to Howard. And I was aware of that when I was there. Charles Drew went to Howard. Thurgood Marshall went to the law school. Being aware of that and having all of that brought to bear, again, it's one of those things that I can't really separate from my career as a writer.

I'm such an admirer of Wendy Davis.

Would you believe that Sammy Davis, Jr. taught me how to sing a ballad? 'You can be in an arena,' he said, 'and you should be able to hold their attention.'

I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films.

Stuart Davis has more to do with what the United States is like than Hopper.

Even as a kid, I was more enchanted watching Bette Davis than Errol Flynn.

There's something nice about being part of a trailblazing group. It's hard to look at myself that way because I look at Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoops and Rebecca Lobo and Dawn Staley in that way.

The dawn of the 21st century marked the emergence of the social media age.

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

I have looked up to Emraan Hashmi from day one.

What we admit to is being a rock n' roll band. From day one, I was a big Chuck Berry fan.

Growing up, I always looked up to males or comedians such as Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro. I also love Lucille Ball, from the show 'I Love Lucy.'