My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.

My dad used to say 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie it doesn't influence your intelligence.'

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

One of the great bands we opened up for was Priest back in '89. That was really great because at that time we had never met them never toured with them before. They were a big influence on Slayer so to open up for them was really cool.

Punk's influence on music movies art design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.

I influenced the BG style by not being able to draw perspective. The BG artists developed cool graphic painting styles to make my bad backgrounds look like they were that way on purpose.

New York had a big influence on me growing up and I was really part of the club scene - the Mudd Club and Studio 54. When you're living in New York you are just bombarded with style trying to figure out how to be cool and how to feel relaxed at the same time.

We know that communication must be hampered and its form largely determined by the unconscious but inevitable influence of a transmitting mechanism whether that be of a merely mechanical or of a physiological character.

The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply.