Lee Siegel Quotes

I'm aiming to become the white Oprah.

You're creating an intimacy that everybody feels, that it's their experience, not yours. I'll never introduce a song and say, now this song is about 'my' broken heart.

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.

I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.

Oprah Winfrey is such an inspiring person.

What I would love, instead of being a role model, is being someone of inspiration.

I haven't done any of the things I have done to inspire others, but I am sure that if I am watching my story from the outside I would be joining the club saying, 'Wow, that guy really gets you going.'

When a leader reaches out in passion, he is usually met with an answering passion.

To be successful, a man must exert an effective influence upon his brothers and upon his associates, and the degree in which he accomplishes this depends on the personality of the man. The incandescence of which he is capable. The flame of fire that burns inside of him. The magnetism which draws the heart of other men to him.

It's a great story. It's available for anyone else who wants to try it. We're not brilliant. We're not unbelievable. We're just two people who hit a nerve. I think it can be done again and again and again. More people should try it.

Howard Stern was the only one that was able to get through to me.

I get such a rush out of seeing other people doing well.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.

Diana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her - her mike placement, her grace, her style and her class.

My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.

My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.

I attract a crowd, not because I'm an extrovert or I'm over the top or I'm oozing with charisma. It's because I care.

John Wooden made a name as a coach but also a life as a mentor.

I have to have an emotional connection to what I am ultimately selling because it is emotion, whether you are selling religion, politics, even a breath mint.

Truly charismatic people, in my experience, don't come along very often.

I've learned a tremendous amount from Oprah.

I just want to be an inspiration. I'm a rock star, I'm Future Hendrix.

You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me.