Woodrow Wilson Quotes

To me, I think it's awesome to meet your heroes and find out who they are and where they came from and what made them choose to communicate in the form that connected with you.

Over the years, music put a weapon in my hand and words in my mouth, it backed me up and shielded me, it shook me and scared me and showed me the way; music opened me up to living and being and feeling.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career.

I meet fascinating people I respect and idolise all the time.

No matter what you're doing. I feel that everyone has something different that moves them or that appeals to them. Maybe something in your family or maybe something in your life that happened that really pushes you for a specific cause - as long as there is something that you're doing.

I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer.

I've been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time with people I admire.

So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.

He didn't maintain my illusion of myself, he gave me an illusion of myself. Before I met him, I never thought of myself as an actress. Boy, he sidetracked me in a great way!

My parents instilled something greater than myself. They instilled faith in me.

Marlon Brando was the major influence in my life, though I never met him. And my father - we didn't get along, but he was an influence in terms of honesty and work ethic. That's the greatest compliment I could pay him.

I had no desire to coach college until I went to college. Then I said, 'Maybe I can do this.' You get inspired by the people around you who move you and light a fire under you.

The only real inspiration or muse that I have is just the life that I live.

I think about the very truth that changed my life. I want to put good things in my music.

When kids want a picture or autograph, you reflect later on and realize you did something good. Then you see them come back five years later, they're all grown up, have their own lives and they tell you how much you inspired them. You're like, 'Whoa.'

There's no greater feeling than knowing that you helped in transforming someone and moving them through art. It's a beautiful thing.

When I was younger, there were players who gave me pleasure, and now I'm in that role.

I'd been so heavily influenced by Em, but artists that don't grow out of that don't go anywhere. Ultimately, I came to understand that what Eminem stood for above all else was 'be yourself.'

I think music made me who I am. Music taught me what was gutter and what wasn't. Music taught me how to live.

I'm always giving life lessons in my music.

I went to many games with my dad, Kevin, and looked up to the players. It's surreal that now young fans are looking up to me.

Life comes as a full circle. It feels good when you become someone's idol.

I love my fans in Pakistan for being so kind and letting me be myself. Along this journey of exploring myself and a new world out here, I'm always going to make them proud, too. They're my constant support system.

Your heroes will help you find good in yourself.