Influence Quotes

“I learned a lot from Clifford Brown. He was my idol.”

“Children are like wet cement; whatever falls on them makes an impression.”

“As soon as a man takes up a microphone, he is driven to power.”

“The colour of the water is the colour of the glass.”

“To be an agent is to influence one's own functioning and the course of events by one's actions.”

“The modern world has been powerfully, and in the main, beneficially, influenced by the civilization of the ancient Orient.”

“There's a lot of power in a song. There's a lot of power in music.”

“I listen to all kinds of music, from gospel to country to doo-wop.”

“The Orient seems at times to be my own backyard. I have been there so many times.”

“The cinema is the principal channel of American influence.”

“The truth is that the writers who most influenced me were not the ones I loved best, but the ones I was most capable of imitating.”

“I am a Greek. This has been the formative influence of my life and my work.”

“My model is always Bach. He is the greatest of them all.”

“The movement in my films is inspired by Peking Opera.”

“I tried to copy everyone I heard, but I could never get it right, so I ended up with my own style.”

“Charm is the enchanted dart, light and subtle as a hummingbird. But it is a weapon.”

“Nothing is so discouraging as a bad example.”

“Originality, it is said, is the art of concealing one's sources.”

“The best managers don't manage. They lead.”

“We are so busy measuring public opinion that we forget we can mold it.”