Jennifer Connelly Quotes

David Bowie is such a big influence to me. Everything about him as a person is intriguing to me.

When people ask me who I'd want to have dinner with, dead or alive, I always say, 'John Lennon.' I just feel that he was an artist who was, in his own way, committed to wholeness and authenticity in a not dissimilar way that I am years later.

When I think of artists that I would have loved to work with, it's Jimi Hendrix. And Steve McQueen. He's not a rock star, but he's kind of a rock star to me.

I do not use the word 'genius' lightly, but if David Bowie is not a genius, then there is no such thing.

Prince inspired me. He changed my life. I will miss him greatly.

I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them.

People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing.

Bowie's been a huge influence on me.

I just love Bowie. I think he's the ultimate inventor.

I think the first older artist I related to and loved was Bowie.

I look up to people like Michael Jackson because he set up pop culture.

David Bowie really played with ideas, and iconography and imagery. He's brilliant man. And a gentleman, too.

Bob Dylan is my idol. Everybody has that person growing up that made them see things a little differently than they did before, Dylan is that guy for me. My dad gave me the 'Blonde on Blonde' album on cassette tape when I was seven or eight. It took me a while to get into Dylan's vibe, but once I did, I never looked back.

I know when somebody's heard my music. I can hear it in their music.

You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine.

Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.

Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe Bryant.

My grandfather is the greatest man I'll ever know.

I'd say James Dean is someone that's really inspired me. Just the fact that he did only three movies before he died at such a young age, and yet everyone knows who he is. It really blows my mind.

I'd love to be the female Kanye. I think he's so cool and effortless.

David Bowie worked with Brian Eno and dressed up in extraordinary clothes, but he was also a brilliant songwriter who captured the thoughts of a generation. He was hugely successful, without compromise.

When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant.

I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

Bob Dylan may be the Charlie Chaplin of rock n' roll. Both men are regarded as geniuses by their entire audience. Both were proclaimed revolutionaries for their early work and subjected to exhaustive attack when later works were thought to be inferior. Both developed their art without so much as a nodding glance toward their peers.