But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.
I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
Once you know the emotional building blocks of anxiety, you can influence them.
And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them.
Generally, I've got to say that all sounds, musics, noises since conception are bound to have influenced me.
Look at people that influenced me - but I didn't know if I had that sort of 'I'm going to take you under my wing' person.
Wherever a writer grew up, they're obviously influenced by that area, and I'm sure their characters are pulled from those experiences.
I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons and daughters.
Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder.
Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.
I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up. I was in a comedy team called Red Johnny And The Round Guy.
I've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there.
Our own way is what our heart wants, and do not let others influence us.
Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people.
For most of human civilization, the pace of innovation has been so slow that a generation might pass before a discovery would influence your life, culture or the conduct of nations.
I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced by people like her than by pop culture.
The stated mission at the time was simply to use the influence of the entertainment industry to do an accurate portrayal of drug and alcohol abuse. We all admit that we're not trying to censor anybody.
For since it is impossible for a created monad to have a physical influence on the inner nature of another, this is the only way in which one can be dependent on another.
More than ever before, consumers have the ability to unify their voices and coalesce their buying power to influence corporate behaviors.
I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.
