Quotes About Influence

One of my mentors early on was Eli Harari, the founder of SanDisk, who happened to be a friend of my dad's.

I grew up learning from guys like Ron Simmons and Owen Hart. They were like mentors to me, so I was able to embrace what they taught me, and I think I did alright.

Pop Staples was one of my true mentors.

I know I've had many great mentors and role models and guys to look up to; guys I've learned a lot from so I know how to approach being that guy and I've been doing it for a long time.

I was raised by the state of California, and then various families and mentors.

Everyone I've worked with - in my eyes - they are mentors and heroes.

There's just nothing to me so invaluable in my business, but in many businesses, as great mentors.

I grew up with great mentors in my life who helped me become the singer I am today.

My dad, he's a great father, but he's also been one of my mentors.

If you don't have a seat at the table, you're on the menu.

You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.

When you have a home and create a brand people believe in and want to support, it makes it easier for you to control merchandise and sell it.

I was always into fashion because my mom has always been interested in fashion. She majored in fashion merchandising in college, and it's always been something we have in common.

The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads.

The best merchants in the world aren't the ones predicting what's cool next; we're the ones dictating what's cool next.

Freddie Mercury said years later that he got the idea for 'We Will Rock You' from 'Bits and Pieces.' I never knew that.

I'd never compare myself to Freddie Mercury because I look up to him far too much. As an artist, not necessarily as a person.

Freddie Mercury inspired me when I was young.

I wish I was Freddie Mercury, straight up.

Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's important.

As a model, I am at the mercy of everybody else. It's much more of a situation where I go to work, put the clothes on, get in front of the camera, and then go home. But in that process, I never really have control over any of it.

You're at the mercy of the editors' hands.

I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.

Everyone who makes a film is at the major distributors' mercy.