“It's quite interesting that in my growing up I had several influences. We had gospel music on campus. R&B music was, of course, the community, and radio was country music. So I can kind of see where all the influences came from.” KindI CanCountryCoursesCommunityInterestingGrowing UpGrowingInfluenceRadioCampusGospel Music Author:Lionel Richie
“Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.” CountryPerfectGrowing UpGrowingInfluencePopsGrandmotherPotMy GrandmotherClassical MusicMeltingMelting Pot Author:Lionel Richie
“Influencing people is dangerous. Their acts and thoughts become your illegitimate children. You can't get away from them and Heaven knows what they mayn't grow up into.” PeopleKnowsChildrenHeavenGrowsGrowing UpInfluenceDangerousGet AwayInfluencing PeopleIllegitimate Child Author:Elizabeth Bibesco
“My parents were divorced and I didn't grow up with my father, but I spent a lot of time around him, and his influence on me has been profound.” Has BeensFatherGrowsParentGrowing UpInfluenceProfoundDivorced Author:Laura Linney
“. . . if we have children. When they are just born we do everything for them. We are omnipotent, they are completely dependent on us, but then when they grow up you must take back your influence on them, to give them freedom.” IfsGivingChildrenWisdomGrowsBornGrowing UpInfluenceDependentOmnipotent Author:Jürgen Moltmann
“In a manner akin to the influence of Tiger Woods on the other side of the Atlantic, Thierry Henry has helped kick down a few of the remaining bigoted stereotypes. Through his undisputable class and dignity, Henry has made a deep-seated difference to race relations in this country. Racism will flounder whenever white children grow up with a black man as their hero. That so few comment on Henry's colour is a silent tribute to his impact.” MenChildrenMadeCountryGrowsSidesBlackDifferencesWhiteRaceClassGrowing UpInfluenceFootballHeroRacismDignityRelationImpactSilentWoodsSoccerAnalysisKicksColourCommentStereotypeTigersRace RelationsTribute Author:Pete Gill
“Influences come from everywhere. I don't really feel like I had too many influences for the first record because I grew up listening to music in church, and that was pretty much it. I didn't really grow up listening to AC/DC and all those bands.” FeelsFirstsGrowsChurchGrowing UpRecordsInfluenceListeningGrewBandGrew UpListening To Music Author:Avril Lavigne
“Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. You know, being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop influence.” StrongGrowing UpInfluenceLatinCuban Author:Kat Dahlia
“Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day.” ThinkingBigsNextHalfGrowing UpGrowingInfluenceOne DayMoonDrivingCaliforniaNext DaySantaLove And RespectCruzSierraOaklandNorthern CaliforniaSanta CruzHalf Moon Author:Tom Hanks
“I wasn't allowed to listen to a lot of music growing up. It wasn't until I started to make my gospel record when I was around 14 or 15 that I started to be exposed to more outside influences.” Growing UpRecordsGrowingInfluenceExposedOutside Influences Author:Katy Perry
“My biggest influence growing up was Mad magazine, which is a very text-heavy form of visual satire. I didn’t grow up wanting to draw donkeys and elephants with the names of politicians written across them.” FormNamesGrowsGrowing UpGrowingWrittenInfluencePoliticianDrawsMadHeavyMagazinesVisualsSatireElephantsDonkey Author:Tom Tomorrow
“Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it's just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I've found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.” MenWayMeanMotherFoundFatherSexGrowsSidesGrowing UpInfluenceMinesBalanceFindingsMen And WomenWestMalesMother And Father Author:Grace Jones
“As soon as I was born, my mom said I was humming 'When the Saints Go Marching In,' or something like that, you know? It's in the family. And in that neighborhood [Treme, in New Orleans], I think everybody in the neighborhood has some type of musical influence, even if they don't play instruments or anything. It's the way they talk to you, the way they say your name - it's all musical.” IfsThinkingKnowsWaySaidPlayNamesBornGrowing UpInfluenceMomTypeInstrumentsMusicalSaintMy MomNeighborhoodNew OrleansHummingMusical Influence Author:Troy Andrews
“Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts; I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.” ThinkingLooksDifferentGrowing UpCuttingGrowingInfluenceSuitsElegantBrooklynDressed UpHaitiDifferent LooksMash Up Author:Wyclef Jean
“I want to be a positive influence in little girls' eyes. Little girls need to be confident and grow up with a healthy state of mind. It's a tough, tough world out there.” WorldWantNeedsMindLittlesStatesEyeGirlGrowsGrowing UpInfluenceHealthyToughState Of MindBe ConfidentPositive InfluenceTough World Author:Christy Carlson Romano
“You grow up inside these neighborhoods and these communities, and you have friends, friends that you love, friends that you grew up with since elementary. And you have their trust, and you have their loyalty. So it brings influence. So no matter how much of a leader I thought I was, I was always under the influence, period.” MatterGrowsCommunityLeaderGrowing UpInfluenceGrewPeriodsGrew UpLoyaltyNeighborhood Author:Kendrick Lamar
“Because of my comedic-influence growing up, Mel Brooks, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin… A lot of Jeff comedic-influences included Charlie Chaplin and physical comedians of the silent-era. What we were able to do together is to show all these major influences but make it into our own comedy. We've seen the stereotypical boy-meets-girl story a hundred thousand times…” StoriesShowsAbleTogetherGirlBoysGrowing UpComedyGrowingInfluenceThousandMajorsHundredSilentErasComedianCharlieBrooksComedicChaplinBoy Meets Girl Author:J. Robert Spencer
“India went through a dramatic revolution after the '90s when our economy started opening up for the first time and Indians were now experiencing the Western life, if you will. Drugs and sex and a lot of those influences came in as the economy stabilized, and we were growing up and experiencing that. The Indian writing market was very small at that time. Our literature was very attuned to what Western audiences were interested in, so everybody was writing about the slums in India and magic realism or stories about Hindus and Muslims and partition.” IfsWritingFirstsStoriesLiteratureSexAudienceEconomyGrowing UpGrowingMagicInfluenceRevolutionDrugFirst TimeIndiaWesternOpeningIndianDramaticRealismOpening UpSlumsPartitionMagic Realism Author:Karan Bajaj
“I look at Large Professor as a big influence. I grew up with him and being able to grow up with him enabled me to meet Nas, Busta, Q-Tip and all these people I looked up to at the time. Even Large himself. He was a good friend but at the same time he was definitely someone I looked up to.” PeopleLooksBigsAbleGrowsGrowing UpInfluenceGrewGrew UpProfessorsGood Friend Author:Mic Geronimo