Quotes About Influence

Acting is a great life and all that, but it's the director who is really in control.

I had no great love for the trappings of power.

I love being Bob Marley's son because he's a great man.

Part of the passion for me was hearing great music from the very start of it, now I'm one of the people who can give that passion back to somebody.

I feel it's my responsibility to turn people on to great music.

I grew up on Public Enemy, which had a message with great music behind it.

I was raised listening to so many wonderful females with great music.

The early '90s was the best time for hip-hop. The Cube's, the Snoop's, the Dre's - that was a golden time with great music, great albums, great groups, everything.

God bless Neymar because this boy has changed the lives of kids in Brazil. A lot of children watch him, believe they can be the next Neymar. Sometimes, you have a great opportunity to change and impact the lives of kids.

I think the opportunity to bring together the people in the world of politics, business and entertainment and have an opportunity to listen to their best learning and thinking is a great opportunity.

Footballers have a great opportunity to be a good example because the kids want to listen to you and be like you in many ways.

Like others before me, I have a great opportunity as an NFL player to make a difference in the lives of others.

Everybody wants to be Doug Stanhope; everybody wants to be Bill Hicks - and those are great people to aim for, but they had the fundamentals down. They knew how to be funny.

It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from. It gives you so much more to draw on, and then you don't have to be all about three-chord pop songs. I don't really like that kind of writing.

I'll forever look at Imagine Dragons and hear them on the radio and think, 'They're great people.'

I'm a coachable person. I don't like to lead myself. I've been taught by great people, and I was able to listen to them.

I have the best people around me. None of them have ever been on the radio. They're all such great people, and I found that I was able to be a better person when I was doing the radio show. It kept me from being a radio person.

Debby Ryan is fantastic, I love to have her. She's a great person and she has good acting skills.

I know, everywhere I go, I have the door open because I am a great footballer and a great person.

I've always been a believer of taking a little bit of knowledge of every great player I played with.

I have great respect for Brecht, but his path is not mine.

Vince McMahon has overachieved his entire life in a big way. I got to know him really well and still have great respect for him.

I have a great responsibility, not only to my fans, but to kids who are going to look up to me.

So, China is a great nation. And with that comes great responsibility.