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- Nov 07, 2020
Big Influence Quotes
The names behind the style.
These big influence quotes name specific artists who shaped a creative voice, from Prince's stage presence to Inspiration drawn from classic film directors.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nineties hip-hop was a big influence for me; it still is. I love '90s everything. And it's when I was born, too. I'm a '90s kid for sure.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, as much as country was a big influence in my life, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles and Led Zeppelin were such a close second. My first concert ever was the Rolling Stones in Denver. I snuck a camera backstage and filmed Mick Jagger during sound-check.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Lord of the Flies' is one of my favorite books. That was a big influence on me as a teenager; I still read it every couple of years.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know from my own experience that great films and great actors can have a really big influence on you. There is a place for art in the world, and if you're lucky enough to be good at something and to keep being given work, it's not such a bad thing.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up listening to a lot of early '90s hip-hop. I had the debut Wu-Tang album, Biggie, Snoop, that kind of stuff. Hieroglyphics, the Gravediggaz. I remember D.O.C.'s 'The Portrait of a Masterpiece' was something that had a big influence on me.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, having come to study and understand some of the Bible and finally getting saved made a huge difference in me, because my wife was a big influence on that. I saw in her, when I first met her, a person's soul at peace with everything and everybody around her.
- Independent
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very influenced by documentary filmmaking and independent filmmaking, by a lot of noir and films from the '40s. Those are my favorite. And then, filmmaking from the '70s is a big influence for me.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
My all-time favorites that I always go back to are films by the director John Cassavetes. The movies he made, the work he left behind, have been a big influence for my work.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dub has been a big influence in terms of production. It's inspired so many people and so much music - in terms of music where mixing desk was the instrument. Central to that is the echo chamber, and I think there's a little bit of a romantic thing there.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad had a big influence on me, and although I was never very bright at school, I used to love philosophising with him about big universal things - and I think that's what directing is.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is a big influence in my work and sometimes drives the energy of where I want to go.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020