Quotes About Admiration

For us there's U2 music, and then there's everything else.

In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It's not so competitive.

Musicians always respected me because they knew I'm a huge music lover and I know what I'm talking about.

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.

I was never much of a musical theater guy, but I have so much more respect for the art form, the physical exertion of doing eight shows on Broadway a week, I cannot even fathom it.

I just loved working with George Benson, whom I very much enjoy musically and as a person.

I love Kanye, I love what he does musically, I love his ability to push the envelope.

Musically, I'm always inspired by the legends like Barbra Streisand.

I like Flea, I like him as a musician.

I think, as a musician and person, Justin Timberlake is someone I've always looked up to.

My dad wasn't the biggest role model, but he was a great musician and I loved him very much. He was a character.

I've always wanted to do a cutesy little song with a guy and girl singing back and forth and thought that Regina Spektor would be kind of cool for that. I love her voice. She's an amazing musician.

Thelonious Monk was one of the musicians I most connected with early on. I'm a huge Betty Carter fan, and the way that Abbey Lincoln and Shirley Horn grew immensely from the time they were young is so inspirational.

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.

The fact that I'm not a good musician - I throw it around, tell people that - it doesn't matter that much. It only matters to me, because I idolized good musicians. I absolutely worshiped them.

I love the idea of having a beer with a lot of the musicians I admire.

I'm big fans of all those musicians, B.B. King, Mick Jagger - they're all on my iPod.

I think that Hassan Nasrallah is the best leader in the Muslim world.

One example that has hurt me is that of Aung San Suu Kyi. I admire her a lot, but her unwillingness to protect the Rohingiya Muslims shows how intolerance has seeped into politics and the level at which it has seeped. It immobilises politicians.

Tamannaah is not just pretty on the outside but from within too. She's extremely friendly and grounded. We had mutual admiration for each other and bonded so well. I think I found a sister in her.

There's something really special to me about sharing mutual admiration with another musician.

There's a fiercely competitive rivalry between myself and Virat Kohli - but also enormous mutual respect.

I've followed Roma because my friend Miralem Pjanic is here. It's a great club. I have a good relationship with Miralem.

Of course, Eden is a fantastic player, one of the best players in the world. He's my friend, one of the best players I've played with in my whole career.