I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing.
There are a lot of influences from different countries in my music. For example, I chose the guitar in my music, I think that it is a feminine instrument, so when I do not sing, the music expresses my voice.
The Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it's never been difficult to pick up on the changing styles of music out there, and soul has always been my favourite genre.
That's what I so admired about Johnny Cash and June Carter. Their music wasn't a big influence on me. It was their character, their individual styles, what they were like as people. They weren't afraid to stick out.
Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart and the music that speaks to me the most, and it's always been a big influence on my own songwriting.
I would like the Medical Society to be one of the resources for information about the influences that have an impact on our patients and our practices.
I come from a short fiction background, and my mom is a poet, so I've always read poetry; I've always had a lot of different influences both linguistically and musically.
There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
Clearly, the works of John Carpenter and Sam Raimi are front and center here. Argento is definitely there. But even stuff like the 'Friday the 13th' movies had quite an influence on me growing up.
My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day.
Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.
Be careful who influence and inspire your life. Their ways seem like leading to life but the truth is, they lead to eternal death
In Paris we have bistros, then we have fine dining. In London, you have a very contemporary scene with mixed influences.
I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.
It is impossible to advance new theories... when you are under the influence of a particular view, or under the pressure of a particular dogma.
There are always different influences each season. It could be a person, it could be a piece of furniture; it depends on what I'm obsessing about.
My influences have been what I call my four Bs - the primary one being the blues, then Borges, Baraka, and Bearden.
I want to see life through a spiritual perspective, so I can make choices that influence eternity.
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the 500, he reaches the five hundred thousand.
Doonesbury had the requisite and overwhelming influence in 1980, as it did on any college cartoonist who was paying attention, of course.
What always made me proud - almost blushing with pride - is that Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg all told me that 'The Conformist' is their first modern influence.
