Quotes About Influence

A loving family matters. So do male role models.

I lacked role models so badly when I was growing up.

A lot of people say Michael Jordan and all of that. But Magic Johnson and my dad were my role models.

I had previously been in the band the Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richman.

I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.

I want to be maybe the modern-day Billy Graham.

The choices you make each day in your diet and lifestyle have a direct influence on how your genetic predisposition is expressed - for better and for worse. You're only as old as your genes, but how your genes are expressed may be modified by exercise, diet and lifestyle choices much more than had previously been believed - and more quickly.

Shah Rukh Khan is a self-made man, and he does inspire with what he does. It is foolish to think that one can try and imitate or modify what he does. I have been original in my performances so far.

My favourites are Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar and Mohammed Rafi. They are the four legends. I have worked with them in hundreds of songs.

Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo.

We need role models who are going to break the mold.

Living in L.A., everyone likes to mold you and change you. I don't care about fame, I don't care about being a celebrity. I know that's part of the job, but I don't feed into anyone's idea of who I should be.

I'm the mold that grunge was grown in.

I experienced different things growing up as a child that helped me. That helped mold me into the man that I am now, to the athlete that I am now.

It's great to watch people come up and help mold their careers. I really took it literal when Kanye said, 'Listen to the kids, bruh.' That really means something.

I was able to be influential and create a mold. There was no one else who was shaped like me or looked like me.

You're molded by the period you were brought up in.

As a listener, we're looking for that person who kind of excites the molecules within us - who knows how to tell the story that resonates deeply to our core and almost prompts us into action. Fats Waller has been that person for decades. When people need a lift, sometimes they go to him. I know I do.

When I was younger, I wanted my hair to look like Molly Ringwald's.

My mom, Latha Sriram, is my first guru.

And to this day, my Mom is my role model.

You really get your sense of women, to begin with, from your mom.

Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom.

If your mom cries a lot, you probably cry a lot. It's what you learn.