Quotes About Influence

It's through a leader's actions - what he or she does and says on a daily basis - that the essence of great leadership becomes apparent.

The two things that make you a good head coach in this league are if you can get the players to respect you and if you can come across with a clear, consistent message.

I like being a consumer. I'll do collabs with brands I like, only because I would like something free to wear. But I don't want people to dress like me, which is what you're asking when you create a brand. The fashion industry's just a super-duper headache.

We must be headlights and not taillights.

I probably learned more about Marion Barry listening to Chris Rock than I did reading a headline.

Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.

Telling a story about someone has enormous power. People forget a headline. They remember a story.

Whenever you're the leader in any industry, you get more headlines.

Those athletes are not going to wear my headphones because I asked them.

Because I'm my parents' daughter, and get attention from things I've done in the past, that probably goes over people's heads.

I think for anybody reading the book they're going to get an idea in their heads of all those characters, and I think that once that gets fixed, it's quite hard to shake.

I think I got the ability to speak the truth, and that gets in peoples' heads.

Men are the spiritual heads of their families.

I like turning heads and making people believers.

I feel like I'm like a healer in a pop singer's life.

I suppose I'm a healthier role model than, say, Slash of Guns N' Roses.

In every shoot, between the actor and the director there is manipulation. I'm not saying that negatively. It's healthy.

With the people, for the people, by the people. I crack up when I hear it; I say, with the handful, for the handful, by the handful, cause that's what really happens.

People want to hear what I have to say and respect what I say.

All the 'Scarface' beats that you hear Mobb Deep sample, that was my idea.

My life has been filled with beautiful memories of my father. You often hear people talk about 'daddy's girl.' Well, that was me.

I wanted to be a farmer; actually, I wanted to be a horse-breeder. And I had the stallions... but then I heard Little Richard, and that was it.

People have heard my music, but all my famous songs were made famous by somebody else... But that was my goal.

When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.