Quotes About Influence

By adding Houston to the Big 12, all it does is make the Big 12 a power conference.

I'd always sing 'Greatest Love of All' by Whitney Houston. I just want to make clear, though, you know those people on 'Star Search' who are the little 7-year-olds that sound like Christina Aguilera? That wasn't me.

I wasn't the biggest hip-hop fan, because I had to listen to whatever my parents listened to, so growing up, it was a lot of Dolly Parton, Elvis, and Whitney Houston. When they finally put a TV in my room and I got to listen to MTV Jams I was like: 'Here I am!'

My mum liked gospel and R&B, Chaka Khan, and Whitney Houston.

I love Houston music to death.

A lot of those young folks look up to me in the city of Houston. I give hope and inspiration and try to change people's lives for the better in the city of Houston.

My dad would always play Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Anita Baker, so I fell in love with them. I would try to make my voice sound like theirs.

What I am today, is from Houston and my friends, my closest friends, we all went to high school together.

At first, we knew what was going on in Compton by the music that we heard. We knew what was going on in Chicago by the music that we made. We knew what was going on in Houston by the music that was going on in Houston.

I was doing gigs at 16, belting out all the big ballads like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.

I think that once you open the door and allow people in on a certain aspect, it's very hard to then control how far that ripple effect is. So I think that the person who is known or famous has the ability to decide what they do or don't want to share.

Ask Frank Stallone how far your name gets you.

It's super cool to see how far Canadian basketball has come.

When we were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I asked the guy who runs it, 'How many people in here have had only two albums?' He could not think of one person.

I can't tell you how many times someone has written me and said, 'I became a doctor because of you' or 'I became a dancer because of you.'

People used to ask me: 'Well, was it the power that attracted you to Bill Clinton?' And I said, well, how much power do you think the attorney general of Arkansas has? Of course not. It wasn't that for me. I just a thought he was wonderful in general.

You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much.

A great composition or lyrics no longer decide whether something is good. What matters is, how much has it been seen.

How much has it been your experience that Americans follow what happens in the world?

Anyone can change the world however they want for the better!

People all want to hug me. They want to touch The GC!

I'm a huge Marvin Gaye fan.

My dad is a huge rock n' roll lead guitar fan.

I'm a huge Stereolab fan.