Quotes About Influence

Sometime in the early to mid-'90s, 8 P.M. television went away from family to being 'Friends' - and you really don't want your 10-year-old watching 'Friends.'

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Sometimes the point isn't to make people believe a lie - it's to make people fear the liar.

King Diamond was always more satanic than Mercyful Fate. And I'm not saying anything bad about Mercyful Fate - I love that band but sometimes people forget that King Diamond is the satanic philosophy through and through.

Sometimes it's flattering when people copy you, but sometimes it gets to a breaking point.

'The bully pulpit' is somewhat diminished in our age of fragmented attention and fragmented media.

We're somewhat lucky here in the United States, where we hope that the checks and balances hold out for many years to come and decades to come. But in a lot of countries, you don't have these checks and balances.

I like to think that Harry Cohn is having a somewhat difficult time sleeping in his grave thinking of a chick with a white shag rug taking over his space.

Social media is awesome because I can somewhat paint myself the way I want people to see me.

It's great to be somewhat of a role model. I want to be a positive and good role model and lead by example and try to do the best I can. Playing good golf definitely draws attention, but I want to have a good attitude on the course and do the right things.

My first memories of music were country music and Ronnie Milsap. Where I grew up, it was what you listened to. And anything else, you were somewhat out of place.

I think Canada, our industry is still somewhat based in America's industry.

Even with Extreme, I don't think you have a choice but to sort of have somewhat of an influence of the times.

I never thought I would be somewhat of a gay icon.

I certainly did not know what the word 'socialism' meant growing up, because I was brought up in a very nonpolitical family. My brother was somewhat active, but my parents were not.

It'd be nice if people consider me somewhat of an ambassador.

We all end up at least somewhat like our parents, especially in the way we deal with our children.

'Chip Away' is somewhat of a rail against cable news and divisive agendas... all for the almighty dollar.

This social media era is giving us a more in-depth look at our favorite people, and it's all aspects, from music to movies to television to sports. I think it has been somewhat of a distraction at times, but also a huge benefit.

Having your voice heard makes you feel more involved and somewhat important.

And their conviction is that if it is done with that kind of purity it will go somewhere. I believe that with all my heart, but I'm not responsible for its going somewhere.

I pick up inspiration from everywhere and it all manages to keep stored in my brain somewhere.

Somewhere along the line, the actions of this government are the actions of me.

My older brother was into Creedence Clearwater Revival and ZZ Top, and my sister was into pop radio. So somewhere along the line, I got into Ozzy Osbourne, REO Speedwagon, Heart, Pat Benetar, Journey.