Quotes About Influence

I am very conscious of the fact I am in people's living rooms every day, and they feel like they know me.

Money is at the root of most that is wrong in American politics.

The root of empowerment is power.

Although it wasn't my era, Soul is the root of what I do.

You don't meet that many people that you can talk about Roots Manuva with, but that was my favorite in school, this record of his called 'Run Come Save Me.' When I first started writing lyrics, it came from that.

I feel like our history and our roots make us who we are.

I have a huge appreciation for music in general, but my roots are country.

My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all.

I'm thinking, 'Man, there's this whole other group of people that are attached to me because of my last name and my family's roots.' That's pretty cool. That's special, that's a lot of power and it's important.

A lot of things come down to your roots and how you're brought up.

I try to stay very, very true to my roots and my lifestyle and I wanted to be able to share that with my fans.

I might be out of the league if I didn't have a guy like K.G. to show me the ropes and a coach like Doc Rivers.

I would never have thought I would see Axl Rose, someone who was so important to rock 'n' roll.

Everybody says Jalen Rose is somebody I have to watch, even though he's a little older than me. It started back in high school. Everybody called me 'Little Jalen.'

In many ways, the rotten effects of dark money are seen less in what we do than in what we don't do.

People hear the examples of kids who work when they're young, have bad experiences, and then have a rough life after that, but a lot of it is just about the people around you.

Kids who enter 'adulthood' without any strong attachments to people who know and care about them have a rough road ahead, to say the least.

My father had slowed down playing a little... I was 'round 10 or 12 years old. Every time he put his guitar down, I pick it up.

People make a city, it's not the other way round.

I was the biggest Public Enemy fan - I think it's what inspired the aggression of N.W.A. We just took a different route lyrically.

If you say three things in a row that make sense, people will vote for you.

I went through a period of watching probably too many Bergman films in a row. I felt like I'd discovered the answer to what cinema should be.

J. K. Rowling has already got a whole generation reading.

I grew up as a Roy Rogers fan, of course.