Quotes About Influence

I do believe that men can be emasculated by successful women. I don't think I'm emasculating. But I have seen the dynamic with men who either don't make money or make less money. It's just not good for them.

I think the greatest lesson that power has to teach us is, once you've had it, once you are a part of it, you're never free.

Every player is different and lets form and talk affect them, some people won't.

I don't just write letters. I write laws.

My music is not always about getting my ideas heard, it's about letting other people feel empowered to have their ideas heard by example.

I think politics is the biggest lever of change in India.

When you make people a lot of money, it gives you leverage in Hollywood.

I play with leverage.

I treat Adrian Lewis as if he were my own son.

Running on corporate-PAC money is a huge liability.

Watch out, or I'm liable to put you in a story.

All my friends were liberals and I grew up in a really liberal family.

I wish the Libertarian Party would get more play in the media but they don't.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

100 million iphones don't lie. What an amazing man. He is the apple of all of our i's. We have an i everything and its all so amazing.

There are elements of myself in every character I do, just because you take from your real life experiences and sprinkle those into your character.

Technology is growing in all possible ways. It is affecting our lifestyle also.

The things that are going to be in all my records, for as long as I'm making them, are going to go back to who I am and where I'm from and the lifestyle that I live and come from - and I don't know how I could ever get any of that close enough to pop to be considered a pop act.

Jerome Robbins, to me, is the genius of a lifetime.

I don't believe in an afterlife. You live on in the people you influence during your lifetime.

We can all remember a time when someone encouraged us and made a difference in our lives. It may be just a moment, but this encouragement could last a lifetime.

I didn't grow up admiring anybody but George Gervin, and I didn't get a chance to play against him. That would've been one of my lifetime accomplishments. I probably would've went crazy if I played against him, because he's like a father to me now.

It would take me 10 lifetimes to achieve even half of what Wilberforce achieved.

At the end of the day, it's a very powerful voice when you're able to perform on any level on any stage and have the audience, have the attention of children. It's a gift. It's not to be taken lightly, and it can be used for good or for bad.