Quotes About Influence

I listened to R. Kelly growing up.

I'm a big R&B guy. I'm a huge R. Kelly fan.

I wanted to become a lawyer because I saw Kelly McGillis on 'The Accused.' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'L.A. Law,' 'Ally McBeal' - all of these have inspired women to go into law. I think the opposite is happening in technology.

I'm really influenced by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

Beyonce, Solange, and my adopted daughter, Kelly Rowland, and I have always bonded over fashion.

I love listening to Tori Kelly.

R. Kelly is my favorite singer.

I grew up on Jodeci and R. Kelly.

My absolute earliest influences would be people like Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Outkast, 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin' era 50 cent.

I ain't no Kennedy, I ain't no Diddy Combs, I ain't no Jay Z, I ain't got it like them.

I actually knew Adlai Stevenson and Jack and Bobby Kennedy.

The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them.

Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals.

I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.

In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change.

Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers.

One of the problems with a candidate like Bob Kennedy, and his brother before him, was that people assumed they didn't need contributions.

'George' exploits John Kennedy Jr.'s cult of celebrity at a time when Americans are hungry for icons, not heroes.

The Kennedys are our royals.

Bill Clinton told me that when he was 14, he shook John Kennedy's hand, and that inspired him to be president.

The heroes of my childhood were Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy... but I was inspired by the ideals of our 40th president and became a Republican.

Joe Kennedy was a massive figure on all kinds of levels.

I did meet Sen. Robert Kennedy, and it taught me something about political charisma.

When Jackie Kennedy wanted to wear her favourite European designers, she was told no. She had to start working with brands like Adolfo, who had to create Chanel knock-offs because that's what she wanted to wear.