Quotes About Influence

Supermodels can be intimidating.

People tell me I'm intimidating and I've got to come to terms with it.

Money, celebrity and power can be very intoxicating.

Being a celebrity can be very intoxicating and very addicting. And I've always been afraid of that, because I've grown up post-almost every child star out there who has gone wayward.

Media is set up to give information to the people - at least that's what it says. But we all know in the U.S. that media is a capitalistic system, people are getting paid to write things, they have bosses and editors, and they have bosses, and they put pressure on people to write intriguing stories that catch the eye.

David Bowie is such a big influence to me. Everything about him as a person is intriguing to me.

What must be the nature of the world... if human beings are able to introduce changes into it?

I am always asked, 'You grew up in Africa?' Every time I introduce a film, or I'm interviewed, 'You grew up in Africa?'

My father was the first person to introduce me to self-defense and martial arts, which I've been doing all my life now.

I'd definitely like to give back. I know a lot of kids watch college wrestling, and a lot of kids watch me, want to meet me and introduce themselves.

PUP introduced me to so much more amazing music. They really shaped my sound.

'Mad Men' introduced me to the power of fashion.

My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends.

Certainly, people like Gaga have introduced a new type of hat-wearing.

I love Forever 21. A friend of mine introduced it to me when I was in New York. I was borrowing a dress and said, 'Where's that from?' and she said, 'Oh, it's Forever 21,' and I said, 'What, I've never heard of that!' and she said, 'Oh it's this American brand,' and I thought, 'Why doesn't England have that; why doesn't Europe have one?'

I'm a hip-hop head, but hip-hop actually introduced me to other genres of music because I started to wonder where a lot of these samples came from. So I fell in love with Bobby Womack or Willie Hutch because I wanted to know where those samples came from.

We were introduced to a lot of dance music that we were blown over by. Kidnap Kid we love, WOZ, and Rudimental.

It was definitely my grandmother who introduced me to fashion.

I am a Tintin girl and grew up on Archie comics. Then I was introduced to Mr. Bean.

I have introduced Filipino culture to the world.

One of my best friends is quite into rap, and I'm always being introduced to music by him.

I blame my parents for never introducing me to good music.

Mark Zuckerberg needs no introduction these days, what with all the magazine covers and morning news shows. My mother knows who he is now, and my mother can hardly turn on a computer.

My first introduction to Russell Westbrook was as a leader. It was pretty impressive.