#influence

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. ↗

— Robin Gibb

#bee #bee gees #been #black #black music

Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children. ↗

— Billy Graham

#appreciates #character #children #christian #fully

I think every once in a while country has lost its way, but found its way back. It's always going to drift away from the traditional side, but then find a way to return. There's room for all kinds of influences be it pop, blues, gospel or whatever. But I will always say that I think we need more traditional country music coming down the pike. ↗

— Randy Travis

#away #back #blues #coming #country

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

#balances #devices #diplomacy #during #fascism

I would be very proud to have influenced anyone that I know or don't know to quit smoking. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#i #influenced #know #proud #quit

People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff you're not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway. ↗

— Tim Vine

#ask #childhood #comics #conscious #conscious effort

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#classic #effect #great #had #i

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#anymore #found #gotten #i #influences

Bowie's obviously my biggest influence. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#biggest influence #bowie #influence #obviously

Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#aggression #behavior #common #decisions #influences