#nfl

I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway. ↗

— Jonny Lang

#biggest #blues #curtis #general #hathaway

Probably my favorite artists to listen to James Taylor, Stevie Wonder - I haven't gone back in a really long time and really listened to them - my first guitar influences. It's been awhile since I revisited that. ↗

— Jonny Lang

#awhile #back #been #favorite #first

Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that conflict through debate is a powerful means of revealing truth. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#conflict #course #debate #deep #gave

I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot of conflict, and I think it surfaced in many of my works. ↗

— Ira Levin

#did #father #finally #good #good relationship

One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really admired, and felt challenged to come up with music, lyrics, and recordings that stood up to the expectations of those musicians and myself. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#brown #challenged #come #expectations #experience

Because conflict-avoidant Emily would never “bite” or even hiss unless Greg had done something truly horrible, on some level she processes his bite to mean that she’s terribly guilty—of something, anything, who knows what? ↗

— Susan Cain

#conflict #relationships #anger

The influence I would hope to have is to create an environment where we're not singling Americans out - that we are creating opportunities for all Americans. Not saying, 'I'm going to funnel money into your city so that you're completely dependent on government.' ↗

— Mia Love

#city #completely #create #creating #dependent

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#any #been #classical #classical composers #composers

All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#inflicted #justice #love #much #pain

I just can’t imagine being in a world and not being fascinated with what ideas are doing to us. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#influence #world #imagination