Quotes About Influence

When I was three years old, my dad bought me my first drum set.

Every time you hear an 808 drum machine beat on one of my songs, it comes from Freaknik.

My dad was a drummer for The Mamas & The Papas, and his mother was in the jazz world, so music has always been very much in my blood.

You don't have to be a great drummer to be the most important guy in the band.

I don't think I've ever met a drummer who didn't tell me that my dad was an influence. He's a tough act to follow.

My dad was a drummer and would always have music on around the house.

There are a lot more women drummers now than there used to be, and I'd like to think that I'm part of the reason.

When you have kids coming up to you saying, 'You're the reason I started playing drums,' it's the best feeling in the world.

I started playing the drums at five years old and used to listen to a lot of screamo bands like Asking Alexandria, Dream Theater, and Attack Attack!

I was a pretty straight kid when I was 15 - there was no drunk or drugs.

Dubai's a pretty powerful place.

My dad was a big dude.

I wasn't really a deep-rooted comic-book dude.

I'm telling y'all Drake is that dude! Definitely listening to Quavo too!

Every team I played for, I pretty much been the dude on it.

You don't realize when you're younger that how I treat this person coming up to me will affect their view of me for the rest of their lives. You can lose several fans because that one person will tell all the rest of their people about it, or they could be like, 'Man, that dude was cool as hell.'

I'm of the generation that discovered Aerosmith because of Run-DMC. They just looked crazy to me. They were the dudes in the Run-DMC video. That's who Aerosmith was.

Skynyrd just hasn't gotten its just due.

I was safe, due to my parents, but the Boys' Club was a massive influence.

My father passed away due to Alzheimer's disease, and many things I do are nods to him.

Very few parents give out healthy lunchboxes due to pressure from their children.

Thundercat put me on to George Duke.

I think I just had it by osmosis: an appreciation of Duke Ellington before I really even knew who he was.

In politics, the money man is usually the dumbest person in the room.