Quotes About Influence

I grew up on the Beatles; I love Linkin Park and Green Day. I heard hip-hop for the first time at 11 and realized what I was missing.

It really wasn't until I was 15 or 16 years old that I realized that the church was always there; it was always a part of what we were doing, even if it wasn't at the center of everything we did.

I'm naturally sort of a sad person, and that comes out in my music, but when I realized how many people were listening to it... I wanted to be a little more conscious about what I was putting out and what people were going to be taking from it.

I thought Cheever was magnificent and that if I could write like him that would be the best I could do. And then I realized that what I really wanted to write had nothing to do with what he was doing.

We were really interested in music from all over the world. We realized that what we were doing was very close to contemporary classical music because of the lack of tonality in the guitar- the fact that I play guitar the way I play.

In particular, the film 'Excalibur' was definitely one of those films that was instrumental in me realizing that I wanted to become an actor.

And EDM music grabbed my ear and got my attention and I started realizing that the computer was, in the same way that the saxophone was invented in the late 1800s and guitar in the 1930s, an instrument.

I just remember growing up in the '90s and figuring out my sexuality really, really early on because of the women in the '90s, and realizing how they were messy and doing what the guys were doing.

The Roots know how to give their audience some medicine without them even realizing it.

As I travel around the world, I'm realizing that every place I go influences me in some kind of way.

It's insidious how Hollywood warps your values without you even realizing that it's happening to you. You get a little whiff of success and it whets your appetite, and before you know it you're going right down the road they've laid out for you.

What you don't see backstage is what really controls the show.

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

What did Christ really do? He hung out with hard-drinking fishermen.

It's most satisfying to have an effect on the public realm - deep down I think it's what every architect wants to do.

Brands are increasingly flirting with the realm of politics.

I design all of my costumes. I like to go out there and feel like I have contributed to every part of what I do. I choose the music, the choreographer, I've obviously chosen my coach, my costumes - all if that falls under my realm of power, my realm of influence.

I don't see myself in the political realm.

Leaders in the realm of religious activity are to be judged by their praying habits and not by their money or social position. Those who must be placed in the forefront of the Church's business must be, first of all, men who know how to pray.

For a long time, it seemed as if podcasting was a male realm, but no longer. Sure, there are lots of men doing podcasts, but women are voicing a lot of the form's biggest hits. 'Serial,' the podcast that made podcasts a phenomenon, was narrated by a woman.

Words have power, and especially in the realm of beauty, how we speak about ourselves is important.

When you're on set with Ed Asner or Melissa Peterman, you start to sort of exist in a different realm sometimes. You try not to let that get in your head, and you try not to let that overtake you.

Oddly, because she has that confidence, the people around her like her more. She becomes more a part of the Reaper family, and she also is able to get along with people more outside of their circle as well.

'Premam' is the reason why I am what I am now. If anyone knows Anupama, it is because of Mary. I don't think any other character had the same impact.