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==Influence== ''Ishmael'' directly inspired the 1998 [[Pearl Jam]] album ''[[Yield (album)|Yield]]'' (and particularly the song "[[Do the Evolution]]"),<ref>Anderson, Stacey. "[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/do-the-evolution-5-insights-from-ovations-pearl-jam-doc-20140331 Do the Evolution: 5 Insights From Ovation's Pearl Jam Doc]." ''[[Rolling Stone]].'' Rolling Stone, 2014.</ref> and the [[Chicano Batman]] song "The Taker Story" on their 2017 album ''Freedom is Free''.<ref>Brown, August (2017). ''[www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-chicano-batman-20170223-story.html Chicano Batman takes on the 800-pound gorilla with 'Freedom Is Free']''. ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref> In 2019 [[The Mammals]], a folk band including Mike Merenda & Ruth Ungar, released ''Nonet'' with many of the songs on it inspired by ''Ishmael'' and other Quinn books, most especially ''Beyond Civilization''.<ref>More information and the backstories behind these songs can be found in the Inspired section on the [https://www.ishmael.org/inspired-by/ Ishmael website].</ref> North Carolina's vegan hardcore band Undying has been heavily influenced by the work of Daniel Quinn.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=Hardcore |date=2001-01-26 |title=Undying |url=https://hardcoretimes.net/undying/ |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=HARDCORE TIMES |language=en-US}}</ref> Quinn's writings have also influenced the filmmaker [[Tom Shadyac]] (who featured Quinn in the documentary ''[[I Am (2010 American documentary film)|I Am]]''); the entrepreneur [[Ray C. Anderson]], founder of [[Interface, Inc.]] (the world's largest manufacturer of modular carpet), who began transforming Interface with more green initiatives;<ref>Hart, Craig. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZUqAAAAQBAJ&pg Climate Change and the Private Sector]''. Routledge, 2013. p. 174.</ref> as well as some of the ideology behind the 1999 drama film ''[[Instinct (1999 film)|Instinct]]'',<ref name="Wilson" /> and the 2007 documentary film ''[[What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire]]''. Playwright [[Derek Ahonen]] has cited Quinn as the foremost influence on his play, ''The Pied Pipers of The Lower East Side'', which attempts to dramatize the philosophies of New Tribalism.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/theater/reviews/08pied.html | title=Bohemians: Endangered but Not Extinct | newspaper=The New York Times | date=August 7, 2009 | last1=Webster | first1=Andy }}</ref> Actor [[Morgan Freeman]]'s interest in the ''Ishmael'' trilogy inspired his involvement with [[nature documentary|nature documentaries]], such as ''[[Island of Lemurs: Madagascar]]'' and ''[[Born to Be Wild (2011 film)|Born to Be Wild]]'', both of which he narrated, while adopting from Quinn the phrase "the tyranny of agriculture".<ref>"[http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/76131-interview-morgan-freeman-on-narrating-born-to-be-wild Interview: Morgan Freeman on Narrating ''Born to be Wild'']", ''Coming Soon''. CRAVEONLINE MEDIA, LLC, 2011.</ref><ref>Triplett, Gene. "[http://newsok.com/morgan-freeman-narrates-new-documentary-on-dwindling-lemur-population/article/5336649 Morgan Freeman narrates new documentary on dwindling lemur population]", ''News OK''. News OK (The Oklahoman), 2014.</ref> Punk rock band [[Rise Against]] includes ''Ishmael'' on their album ''[[The Sufferer & the Witness]]''' reading list,<ref>Busteed, Sheila (2007). "[http://www.pluginmusic.com/features.php?page=riseagainst The state of the nation: Rise Against frontman talks about war, education and the modern role model] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901080523/http://www.pluginmusic.com/features.php?page=riseagainst |date=September 1, 2018 }}". ''PlugInMusic''.</ref> and its sequel, ''[[My Ishmael]]'', inspired the name of the band [[Animals as Leaders]].<ref>Chopik, Ivan (2010). "[https://www.guitarmessenger.com/interviews/tosin-abasi-interview-animals-as-leaders/ Tosin Abasi Interview]". ''Guitar Messenger''. Guitar Messenger.</ref>
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