Quotes About Influence

No, if there is an aspect of the executive branch of the government that needs looking at, I'm liable to be called in to look at it. But I'm not the only one.

Serving in the executive branch is very different than sounding off from an academic perch.

I'm not at every party; I'm not seen everywhere. That's why people still care about my brand.

Influence is the new power - if you have influence, you can create a brand.

It's the power of the brand. We've never formally advertised.

If you don't have the confidence to own the worth of your brand and share it unapologetically, you won't make a massive impact.

Brands must become architects of community.

I am in love with Kareena Kapoor. I have watched all her films and buy brands that are endorsed by her.

I love Aaliyah, I love Brandy, I love Monica.

If I'm brave, 99% of it comes from my mother.

People are always asking me - because of my family - if I ever feel pressure or feel like I have something to live up to. And having that in the back of my head, I've just learned to be really brave even in the face of feeling ill-prepared.

I wanted little kids in Brazil to look at me like I used to look at Roberto Carlos. I wanted them to start growing their hair out because of Marcelo, you know?

I have always said that to manage Brazil I would have to be managing in Brazil first.

I would never say 'Demian Maia jiu-jitsu.' I created lots of things that became known, but it's all Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

I idolised IM Vijayan and Krisanu Dey when I started watching football. After that, it was Bhaichung Bhutia in India and Brazilian Ronaldo abroad.

Brazilian music has been a part of almost every record I've done, and I'd eventually like to record an entire album of Brazilian music.

One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.

Whatever's going on with me at the time of writing is going to find its way into the piece. If that doesn't happen, then what the hell am I doing? So if I'm writing 'Inglourious Basterds,' and I'm in love with a girl and we break up, that's going to find its way into the piece.

I really got into Three Doors Down - that's the sound that was out when I was 12 or 13. I really loved Breaking Benjamin and bands like that.

I had love for Breakout; I had love for Bambaataa. I had love for Kool Herc.

It breaks my heart that some of my fans think that because they love me and they idolize me, they have to be just like me and dress like me and act like me.

I love when people come up to me and tell me they are in a relationship because of me. But I equally love the breakup stories, the person who says, 'I left someone last week because of you.' I like to think I saved 10 years of their lives.

The worse thing in the world is for an individual to live, breath and exist and leave this earth, die, and not make impact.

Old-school rock bands, and blues bands, too, are kind of a dying breed.