Quotes About Influence

People mostly associate Tagore only with Gitanjali. That is the mistake they make. Gitanjali is just one per cent of his oeuvre.

Every team needs leaders, but not just one or two.

Sometimes that's all the kids need, just one person to look at them and say, 'man he's just like me. If he can do it, I can do it.' And that means a lot to me.

I think leadership is just something that comes really natural to me.

Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.

You learn more about a person from the people around that person than you do from the person themselves. We all have our own ideas of who we are that may or may not be justified, and you can really find out a heck of a lot more accurately from the people around an individual.

People are affected by what they see, hear. This is what matters to me the most because then our job as actors is justified.

I've always been a huge fan of Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and George Strait. That's what I grew up on. But I also loved Usher and Justin Timberlake.

From day 1, Justin Timberlake has been a huge inspiration for me.

When I was younger, I would listen to Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child, Justin Timberlake, Aaliyah: lots of '90s R&B.

I'm a massive fan of Troye Sivan, Ariana Grande, and Justin Timberlake.

I've grown up listening to Jack Johnson and John Mayer. But I also love to groove on stage like Justin Timberlake.

Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.

I was the Justin Bieber of the '70s. Really, I was.

There's always a Justin Bieber. Ever since I've been around, there's always been one of him.

Asher Roth lived on my couch for six months to build up a following. With Justin Bieber, I moved him and his mother to a town house a block away from me.

I love Justin Bieber, love Drake.

I'm like the Justin Bieber of the drag world.

I got a chance to work with Mystikal and Mannie Fresh and Juvenile and all these people as I was growing up, and so that really influenced everything I do.

A friend of mine that I was in a band with started me on Kafka, which in turn led to Camus and Sartre.

One of the influences of Kafka over later writers is not so much in the content of his work as in its form.

I'm listening to early Cash Money, I'm listening to Juvenile, I'm listening to Waka Flocka, I'm listening to Lil B, I'm listening to Brandy, Kanye - that's my home playlist.

My sound comes from my inspiration, which is people like Aretha and Jay Z and Kanye, as well as everyone from the Whitneys and Mariahs to Destiny's Child and Usher. They all inspired me growing up.

I only think one person is really cool, and that's Kanye.