Aimee Mann Quotes

To advise is not to compel.

Advisors are no good if they don't advise.

Take ye counsel together in all matters, inasmuch as consultation is the lamp of guidance which leadeth the way, and is the bestower of understanding.

My father has never influenced the strategy anywhere.

I love being directed. I always find it helpful to have someone else's brain in the mix and not just have to rely on myself.

I'm not looking for guidance.

I'm of the school that I will direct you if you request it - if you have a question.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

I've always valued the input of the people I love. So in the past, whenever I'd make a decision - what to wear to an event, whether to pursue a job opportunity - I'd consult those closest to me, like my mother, husband, or manager.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.

I'm not in charge of making moves, you know. I'm in charge of coaching.

I answer questions the best I can.

Work all by counsel and you shall not rue.

One often needs someone smaller than oneself.

It's your constitutional right, but if I were you, I wouldn't do it. I can do better for you.

I give advice to anybody who asks.

The Muse should be a trusted destination for answers. A hand when you need one. Someone to talk you through tough decisions or situations. A starting point.

When you need help, you have to look for it: at times, it's necessary. People are specialists; that's what they're there for. You have to use them.

Pete Krause has become a bit of a mentor to me. If there's anything that I'm struggling with right away, I'll go to him and I'll ask him questions. We've formed a really great relationship.

I miss being the focal point of the team - the guy everyone looks to for decisions. And guidance.

Wiley has given me wise words a few times.

Everybody at the Performance Center is trying to help you in their own way, and they give you their opinion on what they think will work or what they think you should do.

Everyone who has had success in his or her field of endeavor has had a mentor along the way.

I've always tried to be a leader.