Quotes About Influence

I've been doing country music for a while, and people ask me, 'What's a kid from New Jersey doing singing country music?' I just fell in love with it when I was a kid.

I partied too much. I was still 19, 20 years old. I was coming from a little small city where there's 40,000 people, so being in New Jersey, New York, being with a big All-Star like Stephon Marbury, he's calling me every night to go out with him. I didn't know how to say no.

Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.

For me, to turn people on to new music, on to things that are going on in the world, is important.

When I first started blogging, it was about getting out new music and capturing artists working in the studio. This was before artists were so social. They weren't so hands-on then.

There were a lot of new opportunities after I won the belt. People look at you more when you're the champion, UFC looks at you differently, you can negotiate bigger purses.

I'm very proud of New Order and Joy Division, that heritage of songs.

The reason Joy Division and New Order are as influential and successful as they are is because of the unique playing of all the individuals.

New Order never celebrated anything to do with Joy Division.

When you have new people coming in and you sort of want to show them the ropes, it's always easier to have people that know the process and are able to sort of just do their thing, and then everyone can kind of follow their lead.

We live in the Age of the Next New Thing; we're assaulted day and night by tastemakers telling us what the next hit will be, the next style, the next cool.

Basquiat will continue to show us new things about who we are and why he was so important.

I like the idea of trying to influence society by taking a brief, then maybe subtly changing it or looking at it in a new way to see what interesting things can emerge.

Globalisation has changed the world, and football is the perfect instrument to set an example and to help adapt to this new world.

When I was about 12, I saw Mark Rylance do this play in New York City called 'Jerusalem' and that really changed the game for me.

However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet.

When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe. And I think that's a really dangerous, limiting mindset.

You can't live in New York City and be the most important person in town; you just can't. There are too many other important people here.

I grew up in New York City. I went to museums so much as a kid, and I guess I didn't realize how much it affected me.

I always give respect to and pay homage to New York, because I don't feel like I would be the player that I am today if it wasn't for New York City. It gives you a certain edge, a certain toughness just growing up in the city.

New York City is the most important location in the world... it is the center for fashion, culture and finance.

Growing up in New York City and hip-hop are two inseparable things, two things that are totally intertwined in our lives.

I didn't grow up, really, in the film business, even though my parents are both artists. I grew up in New York City. They would never put me into acting. I just kind of wanted it, and I told them that.

Amazon's capitulation to those opposed to their expansion in New York City is an epic moment for people power over an enormous corporate bully.