Quotes About Influence

I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.

Music just runs in my family. My dad and my uncles are a gospel quartet, Latimore Brothers. They've been doing their thing ever since I was a kid, so I just kind of grew up around that.

I have a dad-ager. My dad is really good at the business end of things. But it's really a family affair. My mother handles all my social media stuff - Facebook, Twitter, e-mails, that kind of thing.

I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.

I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.

Kris [Jenner] and the family, they have the power of communication. This is the number one communications company.

I grew up listening to gospel. That was the only thing that I had reference to because that was what my family was involved with.

I want to be the best role model I can be for my family.

Everything family does is reflection on the other people.

My experiences always influence my writing, but usually only on an emotional level. I have experienced death of a family member and it's easy to dredge up those feelings and get them on the page.

John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty president, an elegant first lady, and two adorable young children.

My brother and I grew up in a musical family. We have an older sister who sings and plays the piano. Our dad is a musician. Music was always a part of our lives.

Today while the titular head of the family may still be the father everyone knows that he is little more than chairman at most of the entertainment committee.

Youth I Stay close to the young and a little rubs off.

Adolescence is when children start trying to bring up their parents.

I want you to know how I feel about my Italian heritage so I'd like to say a few words in Italian: Verdi Pavarotti DiMaggio Valentino De Niro Giuliani. . .

I've never left China. My family's been there for 600 years. But my architecture is not consciously Chinese in any sense. I'm a western architect.

If you feel that . . . what you do this year or in the years to come does not make you very famous, take heart. Most of the best people who ever lived weren't very famous either.

The hardest thing about being famous is that ... in a conversation everybody's agreeing with what you're saying. ... You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.

Being famous is not the same as being important. A lot of important people aren't famous, and a lot of famous people aren't important.

Can you still have any famous last words if you're somebody nobody knows?

You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous.

Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap.

It's definitely important to stay true to yourself and stay close to those people who you were close to before [becoming famous]. Family, your friends, and just not let that outside stuff get to you.