Quotes About Influence

Have you seen 'American Idol' lately? I'm sure that some kids somewhere at this moment are thrashing themselves silly over what they call 'Rock n' Roll.'

I was never so directly inspired by fashion. It always came from somewhere else.

I believe L.A. made me, really raised me. I think about that all the time. If I was raised in New York, how would I be? Would my game be different? You know, I think about that a lot, if I was raised somewhere else.

Where you live matters. Whatever you're doing, there's usually only one place where the top people go. You should go there. Don't settle for anywhere else. Meeting my heroes and learning from them gave me a huge advantage. Your heroes are part of your circle, too - follow them. If the real action is happening somewhere else, move.

I was heavily influenced by Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz, but I kind of wanted to take it somewhere else.

The biggest lesson to me is that I got the music from somewhere else - the notes, the music my parents listened to, and the stuff I listened to at every age. All of that inspired the music that I made.

I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me.

President Biden has demonstrated that he will do whatever it takes to bail out his son, Hunter, and line his family's pockets with cash from corrupt foreign energy companies.

'Like Father, Like Son' gave me the opportunity to show when it is not good with a father.

Your son and your daughter needs an excellent father more than an excellent college.

I don't want to be remembered as 'the son of Bruce Lee'.

In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature.

I try to do everything for my son so that, when he grows up, he can say that he was proud of his father.

I take some pride in... representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids.

I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy.

I haven't really decided to be an actor yet! I started doing plays when I was about 15 or 16. I only did it because my dad saw a bunch of pretty girls in a restaurant and he asked them where they came from and they said drama group. He said, 'Son, that is where you need to go.'

Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.

I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people.

I wasn't available to do the right things for my son. If not for the arts, my child would've been lost.

I want to have an impact on my son.

My son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me the bug to write also.

My son is old enough to respond to my work. To me, that's what it is all about.

I love having my son in my life. That's why it's more fathers in the hip-hop community, because they probably went through a fatherless childhood like I did.

Sixty per cent of how you act is drawn from memories. And it's about who you are. I am a son, brother, husband, father, and caretaker. You connect with certain instances and emotions.