A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got.
I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it.
Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to you, he lived them.
When you don’t know what true for you, everyone else has unusual influence.
Words are a great influence in actions, feelings, and simply just the meaning behind it.
The atmosphere you create influence the reception the other person will give you.
Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.
Doctrine once sown strikes deep its root, and respect for antiquity influences all men.
I think we'll always have newspapers, but they'll lose influence.
I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.
My father was a big influence - it was very important to him that we traveled, and he gave me my strong work ethic.
The moments you are given are your true wealth. You don't need power, influence, or fame. The sunlight brings the power; the wind carries the influence. And as for fame, well, when you allow yourself to notice all those hands that have made your grow...
On the surface, rock and roll changes at an amazing pace. The influence of a figure like the Maharishi can appear and disappear in a matter of months. Talk about old fashioned rock and roll finds itself dead before it begins.
It's amazing how powerful a piece of work can be and how it can influence people and change. It's pretty interesting.
Art has definitely influenced how I think of design, both as individual items and as a body of work.
It is not possible to overstate the influence of Paul Cezanne on twentieth-century art. He's the modern Giotto, someone who shattered one kind of picture-making and invented a new one that the world followed.
The other great development has been in photography, but that too was influenced by Conceptual art.
We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.
I hate that the actions of a minority can influence the opinions of a majority.
