Influenced Quotes (page 2)
![Jon Fishman quote: "The Grateful Dead were an influence on our music but they..."](/pic/201403/600x316/quotation-jon-fishman-the-grateful-dead-were-an-influence-on-our-music.jpg)
The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique.
Ellen DeGeneres
![Eric Hoffer quote: "It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are..."](/pic/162107/600x316/quotation-eric-hoffer-it-would-be-difficult-to-exaggerate-the-degree-to.jpg)
![A. N. Wilson quote: "Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and..."](/pic/155746/600x316/quotation-a-n-wilson-iris-murdoch-did-influence-my-early-novels-very.jpg)
![Mike Lowry quote: "It's definitely an influence, I mean how can you not say you..."](/pic/98467/600x316/quotation-mike-lowry-its-definitely-an-influence-i-mean-how-can-you-not.jpg)