Quotes About Influence

Kanye and T.I. both engage with what I'm doing.

Drake and Kanye make me want to get better.

I want to write just as much as Kanye may have for whomever Kanye has written for.

I like Kanye and Kendrick Lamar.

I'm super cool with Kanye.

I don't know. I respect Kanye, but when it comes to Trump, I'm not into that, man.

I can't front: I like Kanye.

I'm a Kanye fan.

For my style influences you've got to look at Kanye first. Pharrell when I was growing up, too.

Kanye on the track and LeBron. That's fire.

In DC, it's really edgy to listen to Kanye West or Jay-Z, and it's a thing to know who Azzedine Alaia is - you know what I mean? But I do care about issues, and I was really political in high school, always marching.

Kanye West deceives many and will lead many people astray.

Kanye West, I love you. You might not have known, but I have said in other interviews that you're my hero.

I don't think I had the aspiration to be a star growing up. I loved Madonna and Bette Midler, and I had my karaoke machine and would sing their songs.

I took three years of karate because of Bruce Lee, you know. I was a green belt.

I was impressed with what someone like Karl Lagerfeld built and did and the house that he made, but there was never really a female figure I wanted to emulate.

Karl Malden was a good friend of mine, and he said, 'You draw the people to you,' and I guess that's what I do.

I'm influenced a lot by Chanel and by what Karl Lagerfeld has done.

Parents are one's companions in life but not partakers of one's karma.

I like to give people equipment and stuff. For me, it's a kind of payback. Anyone who is an influence or hero for me, I'm always concerned with how I can balance the karma.

Kate Bush is a huge inspiration for me.

My dream collaboration would be with someone like Bjork, Kate Bush, or even Dionne Warwick.

Kate Hudson is my style icon.

I told my agent which women I aspire to have a career like: Frances McDormand, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney and Emma Thompson - character actresses who have something to say. I also said that I loved Madeline Kahn and Jessica Lange.