Tim Kennedy Quotes

I look at it like this: you may only sell 20,000 to 100,000 albums. But those albums are going to be heard by future doctors, lawyers, judges, firemen, etc. Those albums are being sold to the right people that move society. They're interested in what you have to say.

When you got a chance to speak out about something, I feel like you should, and a lot of people will follow you around the country.

Movies have power. Power to impact society and the choices we make. I want to entertain, but I also want to say something to the world.

I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.

I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.

I use my platform as a tool and a way to speak about greater change.

I'm happy to be for people what Scarface, Ice Cube, and Rakim have been for me.

I have been so blessed not only to talk about things that I want to talk about in my industry, but also to have a platform - and people want to hear about it.

I feel like I grow wings on stage.

You often forget, because you're so inside it, that television has power.

Just as with the Miss South Africa platform, I understand the responsibility of being Miss Universe and the impact it has on millions of lives.

If you were 12, and Beyonce was up onstage saying to you, 'You get to do exactly whatever you want to do,' that would be awesome. I wish she said it to me when I was 12.

Being a voice for my community is something that I don't take lightly.

I spent my career trying to speak to the broadest possible audience whether it's in print or whether it's in television.

Your voice can change the world.

The thing I love most about being famous is people listening to me when I have something important to say.

The real measure of our power is the freedom and opportunity we create for others.

Right now everyone is able to have a real voice and have it be nice and loud. Being loud is a really important thing right now. It's an amazing thing to watch. It's important because making noise makes change.

Film is such a powerful medium. It can really affect change; you can affect so many different people in different ways.

How am I influencing so many people on this stage rather than influencing the ones that I have back home?

If I were a doctor nobody would be inviting me to talk to reservations. I'd be a different person. Writers can influence more people.

..Our level of influence is not the same with everyone.

Your voice, amplified to the degree where it reaches from one end of the country to the other, does not confer upon you greater wisdom than when your voice reached only from one end of the bar to the other.

You can't influence people you refuse to associate with.

Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.