#influence

When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

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I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

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I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

#been #diverse #dylan #dylan thomas #edgar

Kennedy lied and lied about his health while he was alive, even using his father's influence to get into the Navy without ever taking a medical examination. ↗

— Richard Reeves

#alive #even #ever #examination #father

Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I ever listened to, in some form, influenced my taste. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#because #drummer #else #ever #every

And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players. They had an influence on everybody, not just drummers. ↗

— Buddy Rich

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I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way. ↗

— Buddy Rich

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If a woman decides she likes me, it would behoove her to take into consideration that my art has had a strong influence on the type of person I am. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#art #consideration #decides #had #her

It's always great playing with other musicians. It's also a great situation where I'm the older guy, I've influenced generations of guitar players. ↗

— Ace Frehley

#always #generations #great #guitar #guitar players

Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#earthquakes #had #heard #how #i