Quotes About Influence

Vir made his first appearance at age four months. The more he gets exposed to the people and the life that I have lead, it's good.

The person who gives you your first job is so important in any industry.

I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called 'Film Culture.'

I listened to all kinds of music: rock, pop, R & B. But country was always my first love.

Whenever I think of baseball, the first name that comes to mind is Babe Ruth. What the Babe was to baseball, Shula is to football coaching. There are certain figures in sports who are larger than the games they play or coach, and Don Shula is one of those.

Kids will tell me 'oh I want to be like you when I grow up,' you know. I just thought 'nah, don't be like me, be like you,' because first of all they don't really know me but second of all I understand what they're trying to say but I just let them know - be like you.

A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are.

First of all I'm not a fan of Twitter. Nothing against their program or what they have, but as an athlete I think you need to get off of Twitter.

Since Bobby Brown, I was the first one to be in my video taking my shirt off and showing the 6-pack and 8-pack. Other people weren't cut like that.

If I didn't play well, Dad was the first one to tell me where I'd gone wrong and give great advice.

Rick Rude is the reason I even got abs in the first place. I was just a fan of the way he did things. He was the kind of guy who would walk into a room and automatically take control.

I've been writing a lot more folky, country type stuff. One of the reasons I wanted to write in the first place was because of Darrell Scott.

I've seen firsthand how books can change people's lives. It happened to me.

I am just a little fish in the sea. But I do understand that everything that I do could have a little impact.

We were out drinking and fishing one day, and somebody said to me, 'People are starting to make money off your name. You and your brothers should do it.'

Berlusconi is no longer fit to lead our country.

My mom played me all kinds of music, from Ella Fitzgerald to Celine Dion. I listened to everything growing up, old and new.

Growing up, I had a natural love for women like Diana Ross, Mary Wells, Ella Fitzgerald. Then I got into Dionne Warwick, Nina Simone, and Patsy Cline.

I go back to, like, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Elvis. I listen to everything.

The Dave Clark Five had more appearances on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' than The Beatles.

I saw 'Seinfeld' on TV and told my mum that would be something cool to try one day, and she was like, OK, 'Here is a five-year-old telling me what they want to when they grow up' sort of thing, and what would they know, right!

You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone.

When I moved to L.A., I had somebody go, 'Alright. Fix your hair. Wear this.' Like, changed my look a little bit. I kind of came into myself a little better when I moved to L.A.

The reason Tommaso Ciampa is NXT champion is because of me. I admitted that, and it's my mistake to fix.