Quotes About Influence

I must have been about 13 when I first heard Linkin Park and, to be honest, music had never played that much of a part in my life to that point.

I think if you have an opportunity to live by example and make people aware of positive changes in our society, I think it's a great thing.

My dad is my everything. He always had the craziest speeches for Kylie and me growing up, good words to live by.

My parents always told me to choose my friends very carefully and I learnt to live by that advice.

'Carpe Diem' is a phrase that I try to embrace. It means seize the day, to make the most of the present and to give little thought to the past or future. In the time that I have here, I want to love and live life to the fullest while being a positive influence on others. And I want a full life for everyone.

My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan going in my dad's car, but I remember The Royal Scam in particular because it has 'Kid Charlemagne' on it.

Above all, there is Mother. She taught me how to love, how to have respect for other people.

Hip-hop was the music that actually got me excited about it and the actual prospect of performing. I think I loved music from an early age because my parents wanted me to love it as much as they did. It was constantly there.

I used to love Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, and the Human League.

No film survives because of a big name. If a film has to survive generations, it will survive on its content and craft.

I was raised primarily by women. I had a mother who almost killed herself to survive, I had a sister who was eight years older who was like a second mother, and my mother had two sisters. In the environment I grew up in, I heard a lot of female perspectives.

From childhood on, both males and females learn to do whatever we need to do to get the attention we need to survive. We fashion ourselves accordingly. And then, should that attention ever go away, it's only natural to do the same things we've always done, rely on what we've always relied on, in order to make it come back.

My grandmother was a huge influence on me. She allowed me to be my flamboyant self as a kid. She babysat me; auditions came later - by later, I mean six years old. She sang and played piano, and I'd sit beside her. I don't know how confident I am, but I think you need it to survive in this industry.

The first sign that I'd been unknowingly affected by cooking shows occurred on a Sunday morning when I realized I was talking to myself. I'd been making toast. 'First, we cut our bread,' I whispered. 'Do you know why?' I stopped what I was doing and looked up. 'Let me tell you why.'

My starring in films with Clint didn't make me toast of the town. I became his appendage. Everything I did was in his shadow.

We strongly believe that children should not be exposed to smokeless tobacco or see such products being used by their on-field sports heroes.

What we're now seeing is that big tech is just like any other industry. When push comes to shove, when it affects profit, they make decisions just like an oil or tobacco company would.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

The future doesn't exist. The only thing that exists is now and our memory of what happened in the past. But because we invented the idea of a future, we're the only animal that realized we can affect the future by what we do today.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

I don't believe in that term 'self-made' - not to be offensive, but I believe everything happens for a reason, every single person you meet. Even if it's one single person giving you advice, that person helped you get to where you're at today.

My childhood is a part of my story, and it's why I'm who I am today and why my career is what it is.

I am a product of an amalgamation of different teachers. If it was just one teacher, even just my father, I would be half the player that I am today.