Quotes About Impact

You know, that single girl life and that sense of isolation - that doesn't leave you just like that. And that's what that song is about. I remember that, and that is imprinted on me, that sense.

I want to do good for Israel. My philosophy is let's do good stuff, and let's see what happens. And que sera, sera.

My dad's been responsible for a lot of my issues.

It's probably not an accident that the films that I care about happen to be about issues that matter to me, stories that I want to tell.

So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care.

I don't think it's up to black athletes to get involved in political or racial issues.

Balotelli is an asset for Italian football.

Italian football lost credibility because of the match-fixing scandals - the best footballers didn't want to come.

When I make an American movie it's going to come out all over the world-it doesn't happen the same way for an Italian film or a French film.

When you bring in multi-brand retail items into the country, you're not just bringing the products, but you're also harming local manufacturers.

It's tough, with the iTunes and all the downloads... You've really got to make an impact to be heard and be unique and different.

When Lee and Jack win, it is good for golf. When I win, it is better.

My dad, Jack, had a great sense of humour and had a strong impact on me and my humour.

This whole 'Mondo' thing started when I saw Jack White perform at Coachella a couple of years ago. It was like a religious set, man.

It was a breaking period for black people coming into baseball, and how many followed depended on Jackie's conduct. But that's not the case now. What and how I do doesn't mean nearly as much as what and how Jackie did.

Drake come out there and he play his music and everybody just go crazy. Michael Jackson come out there and breathe.

I came around at a time when myself, Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna and George Michael, we were considered kind of dangerous.

There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.

Nate Dogg is my favorite artist. I cried more when he passed than when Michael Jackson did.

As an artist, I am here to get involved in meaningful films. But that does not mean only films like 'Arabikkadha' should be made. If you give an overdose of such films, the subject will become jaded.

Boys need fathers, and you can't do that in jail.

Going to jail is beyond what anyone thinks it is.

My teachers used to point to the jail across the street and say that's where my fists would land me.

I remember 'Def Comedy Jam' being a big deal and kids talking about it in school, but it was never, 'I want to do that.'