Quotes About Community

The only black folks in town when I was growing up were me and my cousins and one other family.

As an artist, it's incredible to see folks see you and then be able to give that back and to be able to send two girls to a Black Girls Empowerment camp.

Government can't do everything, but there is a role for government and smart policy, especially in equalizing opportunities for folks.

Trans folks are going to rise up for their moments and their money!

We're bringing together the country folks and the rockers.

If you live in Tishomingo County and there's a statewide mask mandate you can't help but say, 'Well, that's probably for those folks in Hancock County.' If you put a statewide mandate, the folks in Hancock County are going to say, 'That's for the folks up in Tishomingo County, they can't possibly be talking about me.'

We need to give folks an opportunity, not a hand out.

Build a lifestyle around your brand, and the audience will follow.

I'm a follower of people not necessarily connected with the theater.

My fans and followers are so amazing.

Engaging with my fans has helped me grow to more than 3 million followers.

I am so lucky in that I have the most incredible followers and support network.

You do not need millions of followers to know and to feel that you have a platform. I feel like everyone should realize that they have a platform regardless of how big their audience is.

It is in following Christ as our captain that we can win in our personal lives, families, churches, and communities.

We're from New York, so we have a decent following.

I've always had an entourage. Even when I was a little kid, I had a lot of little children following around me.

Fame, for me, is different. Fame, for me, is not seeing myself on big billboards: it is when I go on a street and people connect to me. If I going to walk on the street, I know I can get 100,000 people following me.

The best thing I can do is stay on the road and build a grass-roots following. I'm constantly about building my brand.

I can't remember one bad time I had in Boston as far as where I got negative feedback from fans, no matter the first year we lost 18 straight or the following year we won a championship.

I feel like if one person makes a change then everyone follows and if you want to see a change in the world, you should start it.

Once a story is set to a particular city, language and culture, the rest just follows.

I'm very fond of an old map of London that used to belong to my father. I'm a big London fan, and the evolution of the city is astonishing, when you look back to Pepys and how small it was - everyone knew each other.

I don't have a motorcar, so I've got to know and be fairly fond of the buses.

After all, island living is where I began on Taransay, and I have such fond memories of it.