Joe Bonamassa Quotes
As far as actual playing, Clapton - by far - is my biggest influence, and you can tuck Jeff Beck underneath that.
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
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There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
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Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do all of these things and be as active as I can... but my main goal is to have some degree of influence on the public discussion.
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I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.
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I'd be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I.
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It's hard for us to really understand the immensity so far of the conquest of space.
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Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.
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In Paris, I met a young American person who immediately became the primary inspiration which awakened my vision and the leading influence that had directed my forces. Throughout my career as an artist, I refer to this person by the word 'Woman.'
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So as far as Serbia is concerned, it does not have the right to influence the privatization or to claim any property, because Kosovo is a former member of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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I've always felt very much from a mixed culture – mainly English and French, but also Nigerian, Thai, Mexican. Everything's had its influence on me.
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The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey.
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As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can.
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Syrian influence has not ended yet. It is going to be a very long path.
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As far as the Congress is concerned, we condemn any attempts to oppress the Dalits in strongest terms. If there are parties trying to fan the OBC-Dalit divide in Tamil Nadu, we need to collectively condemn them.
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I'm drawn to projects where I play these really complicated characters, but also where I can have some type of influence on affecting what we see as societal norms.
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As far as Raman Raghav is concerned, he is ruthless.
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I've gone out on limbs, flung far, and Forrest-Gumped my way into the center of the action.
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As soon as a handful of scientists come up with an intervention shown to influence aging in other species, they begin selling it as an intervention for humans, even though there may not be evidence it works.
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Neil Young, who isn't really evident when you listen to my music, is probably my favorite of the legends, besides Dylan. They're all a huge influence on me. For me, just following rock history and watching Darkness On the Edge of Town and realizing that's it's okay to be obsessed with a snare sound because Bruce Springsteen was obsessed with a snare sound.
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There have been periods of my career that I haven't worked for a really long time, like seven or eight months.
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My mind immediately shot to South Africa the moment I sat down to think what I was going to write, what I was going to say. There was no other choice.
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The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.
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As far as actual playing, Clapton - by far - is my biggest influence, and you can tuck Jeff Beck underneath that.
