Cultural Influencer Quotes

Jay Z is one of the world's preeminent touring artists.

David Bowie worked with Brian Eno and dressed up in extraordinary clothes, but he was also a brilliant songwriter who captured the thoughts of a generation. He was hugely successful, without compromise.

I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!

Kali Uchis is a dope person. Her voice, her style - she's so unique.

When they ask who is your biggest influence, I always say Pharrell: whether it is music or fashion, I'm a big fan.

I've always idolized Jay-Z He's one of my favorite persons, even before I knew him personally.

Cecil Beaton was Andy Warhol before Andy Warhol, really.

Interscope Records has always been a heat-seeking missile when it comes to shifts in popular culture, whether inciting them or reacting to them swiftly.

Beyonce's the kind of artist where you're not gonna see it till it's right.

Obviously, Gaga's one of the greatest music visionaries of our time, and Beyonce is one of the greatest visions of our time. She is a music visionary, too.

I believe that Ryan Murphy is a genius. His instincts remind me of Andy Warhol. I recently went to the Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, and you can see a lot of echoes of Andy in Ryan's work. Like Andy, Ryan's finger is so on the pulse of culture that he's ahead of culture. Their aesthetic and their vision of the world are very similar.

California starts a lot of trends.

With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons.

A creator is not in advance of his generation but he is the first of his contemporaries to be conscious of what is happening to his generation.

I want people to look at me in the future and feel that there's this Asian hip-hop artist who's fresh and hot.

The great man, that is, the man most imbued with the spirit of the time, is the impressionable man.