Quotes About Influence

There's not a day that goes by that I don't get an email from someone who is angry with me and tells me they're not going to let their kid listen to Imagine Dragons anymore.

When your buddy tells you a movie is good, that's worth 2,000 commercials.

One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.

Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying.

Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don't know what's going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any crime that's not committed by the Mafia is done by the CIA.

My wife always tells people, 'He's not going to be able run to for anything because I'm not going to let him start a campaign.'

People come into public life for different reasons. None of us are ego-challenged, I think, or we probably wouldn't be doing what we're doing, so if anyone tells you that they don't like the sound of the applause and the ego gratification, I don't think they're being straight with you.

We get so swept up in sort of what the media tells us to care about and all these other influences that we really have to dig down deep and figure out what is it that we as human beings really care about and want for ourselves. When you figure that out, you see who you really are.

Whatever Kanye tells me, I just try to put it in my little machine and make the perfect solution for it. That's always our collab formula, and that's just how 'Gorgeous' came about.

Most theater tells you what to think.

Every election matters. Anyone that tells you otherwise doesn't understand politics. That said, not every election sends sweeping messages that are easy to discern, but every election provides lessons worth learning.

One day, when my son was eight, he came into the kitchen while I was cooking and said: 'You put bad words in your books, don't you?' No doubt he had overheard my mother, who often tells people who ask about my work: 'Well, you'll never find her books in the Christian bookstore.'

History is about who tells it.

Anything that is related to my work will affect me. If someone tells me they didn't like my performance, it will affect me.

What I actually do put much more weight on, in all honesty, is not being critically acclaimed - it's being respected by my OGs. When I talk to E-40 on the phone, every time I talk to him, I'm like, you know, if he tells me I'm doing good, I'm doing good.

If your pal or neighbour is in the SNP, you're more likely to listen to them than if you just turn on the telly and see me or Alex. The growth of membership is building a politically engaged community base that hasn't been there in my lifetime.

With the likes of social media and outside influences - we're going to be on telly a lot more - I think it's important that you listen to the right people, whether it's your team-mates, your parents, or your coaches, and don't take too much to heart.

I just wanted to get on telly. I wasn't a massive Oasis fan, but I had to be in order to get on the telly.

I was intending not do any more telly and then I got talked into 'My Kitchen Rules,' which I did with Michael Caines.

You can't have it all one way - be on the telly and the radio and make lots of money - and not offer anything to your followers when they need you.

I did a 10-minute role in Rajkahini, in Manikarnika and a Telugu film too. I hope those left an impact on the audience.

I am very grateful to Telugu movies, as they have been the main reason for my entry into Bollywood.

I have been inspired by world cinema in different ways. But no, 'Raja The Great' is not a copy. It's not based on any film. You will see a lot of Telugu nativity, moreover.

It's time for Telugu cinema to make its presence felt.