Quotes About Influence

America is, in many ways, as much an idea as it is a country. And Americans have long marketed that idea around the world through our popular culture.

I make popular music but I'm not necessarily a pop produce.

There's almost no popular music I listen to now. I'll hear it because it's everywhere... Music is ubiquitous now.

Without David Bowie, popular music as we know it pretty much wouldn't exist.

I try to create something that draws you in without overthinking it. Something that resonates with you automatically that you don't have to think about. That's what the best pop is about: Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Nirvana - these guys made some of the most authentic and popular music.

All of the most popular music of the '30s and '40s were deeply informed by jazz.

My father was not really into popular music; I had to learn about that for myself.

Copland was one of the first American composers to forge a truly modern style of American classical music while also making use of American popular music - including jazz.

Jazz was the pop music of its day, and all American popular music has stemmed from it one way or another.

In the West, film music is completely different and independent from their popular music. The two industries are separate and don't interfere much.

I've only written 30 songs or something. Dylan's written over 500 songs. There's no comparison. He's the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll and popular music.

That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.

Popular opinion is the biggest 'filter' for most people - they don't have to try something if they've already been told it's not cool.

Popularity isn't just something that happens. You have to give something in exchange for it, and that's the dangerous part of the process.

Bloggers create kind of a popularity. But they are not the experts, and we have to understand that.

Don't make election popularity largely a matter of which candidate hires the most creative and effective propagandists. Insist that it be, instead, a running conversation with the public.

Since I started in Nascar, popularity has definitely gone up. I've become more attractive and helpful to companies that are looking for spokespersons. So from that perspective, things are going really well.

The popularity of the party and Yingluck is getting more and more.

Networks are operating from a fear base where it's all about playing the popularity game.

Popularity matters a lot, as at the end of the day, the love of your audiences can make you win.

I have never been attracted to increasing my popularity or hireability by being on Instagram.

I said before that I didn't care much about my popularity. But did I make use of it? Yes.

Popularity has always been the key currency in choosing a president.

There's no denying that my popularity helped me a lot.