Quotes About Influence

U2 have a lot of religion, also people like Johnny Cash and Elvis. Those people weren't shy about it - it's nice there are people who've come before that were open about it.

I was never pushed into the industry. I was a very shy child. I was not one to perform for friends and family at every get-together.

I grew up in a very westernised environment and went to a private American school. But my personality was shy and quiet, and I wanted to wear the hijab but didn't have the courage, as I knew my friends would talk me out of it.

My mom is an entertainment attorney, and she brought me to a BMI panel for people who were interested in becoming artists. While I was there, her friends kept peer pressuring me to go and sing in front of everyone because I was a very, very shy girl.

Facebook has never been shy about its ambitions.

We've never been shy to admit that Metallica is a huge influence in our lives and on our music.

Beyonce was very shy around children, and one of the reasons we put her in dance classes was so she'd have some little kid friends.

Freddie was the glue that kept us together. He was a very complex man: very shy but also with a forceful side to him.

My father was a unique man, but he had a shyness about him.

I think a lot of my shyness and non-athleticism came because I didn't have a father to instill those in me.

Once you've taken account of the quality of sibling relationships, knowing about the quality of parenting doesn't add much information.

I started listening to a lot of Jimi Hendrix and Neil Young when I was 8 or 9 years old - I had siblings that gave me good music instead of the crap that was on the radio in the '90s.

My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother continue with always appreciating and always giving back. It's something I hope that I've become a role model for my children.

I remember bossing my younger siblings around and making them put on shows and skits with me.

All my siblings being all different ages meant I got exposed to music that was 20-30 years older than me. And that was a big influence.

Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.

I was lucky because I had parents who have enabled me to do whatever I was passionate about and never held my siblings and me back from anything. But I think a lot of people don't have that experience.

Sibling relationships have been underemphasised in learning about child development.

I'm pretty sure I was about the only kid in school who knew who Jimi Hendrix even was. Through my older siblings, I was getting turned on to all the great music that was happening at the time, and I really loved Hendrix.

Most of the things in your life are not in your control - the family you are born into, the parents, and the siblings you have. It is only friendship and love that you create for yourself in this lifetime.

My dad was very much a Pan-Africanist and instilled in me and my siblings a want for that knowledge.

The example set by my grandparents and parents - that of giving one's time, talent, voice and resources, either from one's own home or from the highest office in the land - had a profound effect on me and my siblings.

As soon as people heard me speak, they would compare me to my father. My siblings had the same kind of pressure.

In a way, it is easier to be the younger sibling, as the older one has to pave the way.