Howie Dorough Quotes

One of the things you learn being in the public eye is that you have the ability to raise awareness about serious issues, and, in the process, really help people.

If I have a voice to shine light on things or draw attention or provoke, as an artist people look to - I should do that.

I feel like, if you have a big platform, please use it for great... just like me, just like a bunch of people are. It takes two seconds. It's not gonna mess up your Instagram feed, you can do it.

Nowadays, people in the entertainment industry can have a louder voice than politicians, and I think it's important that they use that voice to say something positive or to give a voice to somebody that's had theirs taken away.

In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.

Hollywood likes to boast that it can elevate the national conscience.

Anytime you can be a part of something that hopefully tries to make a cultural contribution, I love the idea of that.

If we don't challenge each other to use our platforms for better than our niches or what our quote-unquote brand is, what are we doing as influencers? If we can't activate our audiences at the times it's important or needed, then what do we have these platforms for?

Children can change the world.

I think anyone with a voice should use it. I think a lot of people could, and should, do a lot more.

What can you do to make a difference? And why should you do it? (...) the scale of one's social investments doesn't matter. What matters is that you operate as a force for good at every scale available to you.

How can art make a difference in the world?

At the end of the day, when you're trying to do good, that's all that matters. Whether it's in a different aspect than in the N.B.A. or N.F.L., you should use your platform for good.

I feel like nowadays it's almost become a corny thing to say that you want to be a role model or do something good for the world, but the artists I've looked up to - like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Prince - were about something.

You've got a bunch of kids out here that might not want to be athletes, but they want to learn how to make a difference in their community, and I'm trying to as best I can show an example of that.

I think if you have an opportunity to live by example and make people aware of positive changes in our society, I think it's a great thing.

I know I have a voice, and I want to use that voice as much as I can to bring things forward.

I want to impact the world and the culture in a positive way, spread super dope messages and help people through my music.

There is an awful lot you can accomplish by being a vocal champion for a certain cause.

I realized I didn't just want to parent children in my own little home but to mother the whole world. What's the point of gaining influence if you're not going to use it?

It's incredible to be able to make an impact and use the platform that we have in the right way.

Most people are playing the game of compounding interest, which is self interest - how do they take care of themselves and produce more for themselves, storing value for their own benefit. I play a different game. A game I call 'compounding impact.' How do you make a positive impact in the world?

That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.

Who has to have a soapbox when all you've ever needed is your voice?

It would, of course, be wrong to say that the arts have no social value. They have tremendous power and can often, indirectly, make our world a better place to live in.