Quotes About Influence

After the 'Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain' controversy, people believed they made my career, but I now maintain that 'Bigg Boss' made Shilpa Shinde.

Coldplay was big for me in the 2000s. 'Parachutes' was a good album.

Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.

First CD I bought for myself was 'The Black Parade' by My Chemical Romance.

I was first influenced by a friend in fifth grade when he brought a Walkman to school and was listening to 'Paradise City' by Guns 'N Roses, which he had concealed within his hoodie. He put the headphones over my ears and I was completely blown away by what I heard. I'll never forget that.

I don't think that three minutes of music on a commercial record is going to bring paradise, but I feel like there is power in music and power in our words and power in what we put out into the world.

The rhythmic feel of 'Dark Days In Paradise' is completely different to anything I've ever done before. There's a lot of drum loops on there, but used in conjunction with real drums: a lot of influence from hip-hop and dance music, with the keyboard sound and sequencing.

My friends and I have often discussed the plausibility of a connection between qualitatively bad music and quantifiably successful music, often citing the example of Candlebox and their paradoxical influence on culture.

Just as I could tell you about my first Andre Norton novel or my first L'Engle or my first Asimov, I could write a paragraph about how each of these writers influenced me, my writing, and my thoughts, and do to this day.

I see a lot of parallels between my father and Donald Trump.

Thought, like any parasite, cannot exist without a compliant host.

I find Trump to be like a parasite.

I feed off the fashion world like a parasite.

Trump revels in issuing pardons, because that power is essentially absolute.

The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.

It is the uninvolved parent who has to resort to strictness.

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be.

If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters.

I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.

It's very important, once you are a parent, that you educate your kid day by day.

It's really difficult seeing your role model or your parent cry.

It's important that when kids are listening to my music they don't think of it as their parent's music.

Everyone archetypally is a parent to future generations.

Being a lazy parent and letting your kid watch stuff that's not appropriate for their age is one of the bigger mistakes you can make.