#influence

My biggest musical influences are probably my parents. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#influences #musical #musical influences #parents #probably

I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from a more pagan and practical world in which the Christianity is just a veneer. ↗

— John McGahern

#catholic #catholic church #christianity #church #class

You don't try to get influenced by everything that's going on with all the other music around you. You don't listen to the radio - I mean, I don't. When I get ready to do an album, I don't listen to anybody else; I don't wanna be influenced. ↗

— Tim McGraw

#anybody #around #else #everything #get

The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else. ↗

— Barry McGuire

#american #beatles #big #came #else

Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#everybody #experience #experiences #far #influences

While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing - good for our political culture. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#ago #character #christian #culture #decisively

The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#me #more #movies #pictures #stories

In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it. ↗

— Paul Merton

#comedy #contemporary #fact #fear #i

Ask everyone whether they're an actor or a doctor or a teacher or whatever is entitled to his or her opinion. But unfortunately, because actors are in the public eye, whether we want it or not, sometimes our opinions carry more weight or influence than they deserve. ↗

— Debra Messing

#ask #because #carry #deserve #doctor

Being part of 'Natural Nylon' is a great way to have an influence on the films that get out there. I love films and it gives me an input. ↗

— Jonny Lee Miller

#films #get #gives #great #great way