Quotes about "Leadership & Influence"

People have this vision of me as a conservative person, but I'm actually quite adventurous. ”

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves. ”

Hollywood stops hiring their star leading ladies when they turn 40. It's very defeating. ”

I would say I'm more traditional than I am superstitious. I don't, for example, have to do things ritually before the game in order to feel comfortable going to the game. But I don't think I'm naturally a football player. I don't have that grit and that killer instinct. ”

With the 'Born This Way' album, generally we said, how do we find strategic partners that can help us with our vision? Part of that is about putting the music in places people wouldn't normally put music, like with Google and with Gilt. ”

You can't make an artist like Lady Gaga. You can help support, you can help develop the vision - I think you can add to the vision - but you just can't make an artist like that. That's like saying Lebron James' high school coach made Lebron James. ”

As we look at Hollywood and the controversy around the Oscars, it goes back to the voting block and the lack of people who come from that culture. For example, the NWA movie is a fantastic, fantastic movie. You need people who can look at a piece of art like that and understand the artistry in it. ”

Supafunkrock' is a musical gumbo. We throw all those musical influences into the pot and put it out there. ”

My grandfather influenced my brother, and my brother was my biggest influence. ”

I may be taking a different approach, being a guy leading a band with a trombone, but if you take that out of it and put in a guitar or keyboard, it would be considered funk-rock music. ”