Quotes About Influence

But let me tell you something. Gloria Steinem never helped me out; Larry Flynt did.

My grandparents had always helped look after me, they were always there.

Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.

Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself.

I love Ruth Brown, not just her singing, but Ruth Brown has more girl power than anyone, because she fought hard against people who ripped her off and then helped other artists through the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.

Record covers helped me discover a lot of music that I wasn't aware of.

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

My dad has always been very helpful with good advice, and he still helps me. I call him after every single game, and he is very critical, if I am honest with you.

I'm helping people think the clarinet is cool.

I saw the role my dad had in the community, helping people. At Christmas, people would come by with cards thanking him for helping with something for the business or their farm. And I just saw the impact.

I view having celebrity as having capital, and I don't know a better way to spend that capital other then helping people.

I think the beautiful part about Yao is that his main legacy won't be about the game. His legacy will be about helping people. His legacy will be taking on important world causes to better his world.

Politics isn't about helping people, it's about maintaining whatever people have got, whatever it takes to maintain their position at the expense of us.

Part of being a player is trying to affect the community you're in and helping people. If there's one kid I can help, I feel like I did my job.

I am not a Hemingway aficionado.

I'm the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.

Like most writers, I've read a lot of Hemingway, and I admire him greatly.

I liked Hemingway better before I began to be called 'Hemingwayesque.'

I'm out of the terse Hemingway school.

I'm a big Hemingway and Salinger fan.

Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.

I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.

It was Jimi Hendrix that I first got into when Betty Mabry turned me on to him.

Jimi Hendrix, he was a rock star. But he played guitar; I don't. I've just found ways to use words to make my mark in this history book.