Quotes About Influence

I like Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle. I would love to do songs with them.

Honestly, 198,9 I was 12 or 13 years old and primed for the new boy band thing. This guy Jordan Knight sounded like a chick, and I wanted to figure out how to do it, and I did.

We have to knock down the barriers erected by greed, special interests, powerful forces.

The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy.

I'm 5 foot, 3 inches. Even if I hit you, I'm probably not going to knock you down.

There will always be people who try to deter you or crush your confidence but don't let them knock you back. Focus on gaining the support of the people you respect.

You know, if James Brown is the godfather of soul then Richard Pryor is the godfather of comedy, period. That man knocked down all those last freedom of speech doors.

The first book that really knocked me out was the 'Brothers Karamazov.' I read it when I was a senior in high school.

All the kids looked up to my father because he was known to be that dude who knocks people out.

Eric Church knocks down doors everywhere he goes.

My greatest reward is knowing for certain, as I do with many other acts and artistes, that without Jonathan King being alive and involved, Genesis would not exist, and the guys would have had careers as intended - as accountants and lawyers!

Knowing that people make my songs their own is what keeps me going.

There are two kinds of power you have to fight. The first is the money, and that's just our system. The other is the people close around you, knowing when to accept their criticism, knowing when to say no.

My high school teacher, Reggie Andrews, was a huge factor in my learning my instrument. He didn't play bass, but it was the part where he gave me a knowledgeable perspective of what it was that I was doing.

I wasn't that into it or that knowledgeable of fashion until I started working on 'True Jackson.' I feel like it was my duty to learn more because people would feel that I should because I'm on the show. So definitely, that made me more involved with fashion, and now I'm a little fashion guru. It's totally out of control.

Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.

I'm a big Rick Ross fan, and I think everybody knows I'm a big Kanye fan.

Huge Kobe fan growing up. My dog's name is Kobe.

Growing up in L.A., Kobe was my idol, really.

I grew up watching Kobe Bryant.

I've been watching Kobe ever since I can remember.

I love LeBron, but Kobe was the first player I actually considered my favorite.

I feel like my game is more like LeBron's than Kobe's, so that's why I think I gravitated toward his game more.

I guess, if it wasn't for Jordan, there would be no LeBron or Kobe who plays like that.