Quotes About Influence

I think that some people still think that the formula other than gospel still is not strong enough to get that crossover appeal to people enough that they would play it all the time, or nonchurch people would accept it, but I disagree.

I was around a lot of gospel as a kid.

I've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of.

I was singing totally jazz then, but when I heard the Beatles and heard the gospel influence and everything, I just said, 'I can make jazz with R&B.'

Certainly, gospel was my background - is my background.

I draw inspiration from everywhere, whether it's country, R&B, gospel.

British rock & roll became the gospel for American kids like me.

I was exposed to jazz and blues and gospel and country music and rock, and I was the only kid I knew who knew about that stuff.

I do listen to more jazz and gospel than anything else, but my ears are still very much open and listening to stuff that comes out. And a lot of times my kids turn me on to stuff.

I was always drawn to gospel music and the roots of African-American music. It's the foundation of rock and roll.

I grew up on a lot of gospel music.

I do feel like the media is one of the biggest problems. If you look at all these rolling news channels, they sensationalize the story, they focus on gossip, and they don't actually tell the full story.

I absolutely appreciate the opportunity it's been. I wouldn't be here without 'Gossip Girl,' so I will always be in debt and grateful.

It wasn't so much of a controlled effort to end up as part of the Goth scene.

You gotta understand, you can't look at no pictures and look at the media and the critics and what they saying on no Internet.

I hear a lot of influence from me and Timbaland's whole sound in a lot of records of today. But if you have classics like that, then I'm sure you gotta expect that it's gonna influence some people. So, I'm fine with that.

I really believe you've gotta put the power in the people. They're the ones who are gonna make the experience.

Before you can lead anybody else, you gotta put yourself in the right position to be successful.

I was 30 years old and this girl I knew found out I had never gotten high. Nobody had ever told me about marijuana.

The dead govern the living.

The best way for someone to govern is to set an example.

The laws of the lowly gangster govern Qaddafi and his sons.

I consider myself an activist who governs.

You have to govern like you've got a majority. It doesn't matter whether it's one seat, five or 10 seats.