Richard Roundtree Quotes

I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.

I say nice things about Mariah all the time. I tell Mariah all the time how much of a fan I am of her. She's one of my favorite artists of all time... She's shaped a generation of singers.

You forget how many people watch TV until you come into a town like this. Everybody knows you, and I'm always humbled, especially when there are 500 little kids who all have their hair done like yours and want to be designers.

The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, 'What does that mean?' But I feel aware of it when I'm reading scripts.

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

To know that someone decades later is still just as impactful as they were when they were alive, we need pioneers like that.

I can't believe how fast things have happened, and I'm just so honored that people are able to look to me as a leader.

How can people change their minds about us if they don't know who we are?

In a very real sense, I represent pop culture in an iconic way. It's been very good to me, so anything I can do to help the fans to tumble along - it's good.

I am not aware I am an icon.

If you say, 'I don't care if Muhammad Ali was a Muslim or not; he was just great,' what you're really saying is, 'I don't care about Muhammad Ali.' Same with Prince being black.

My fans know me too well.

Fame can amplify the message of art in a remarkable, meaningful way.

I did one show in Chennai. There was this little kid, dressed up as I dressed in 'Blue Eyes.' That's fame for me.

After our life history was shown on the silver screen and much appreciated by the audiences, I have more of a responsibility on my shoulders now.

When we're out there, you'll never know a lot of people are gonna look up to you. You don't realize it, but soon you go on social media and see all the messages and people try to reach out to you and you start to realize how huge and how people look up to you.

Fame is a four-letter word; and like tape or zoom or face or pain or life or love, what ultimately matters is what we do with it.

Your take on things is what is either going to make you somebody people talk about or no.

It is truly unbelievable to actually really know that I have fans all around the world.

I feel like I influence more than just rap.

I have looked up to Emraan Hashmi from day one.

It's so cool, the number of emails I get from people saying I changed their life. It's pretty crazy.

A lot of people write and tell us what The B-52s meant to them - straight, straight-A students, those who were a little awkward, weren't always the ones who fit in. People have told us that just having us and our music was beyond important and really made me feel that what we were doing was worth something big.

I never assume people are going to recognize me.

People like to define you through what they've seen you do. There are aspects of my personality, I guess, that come through on-screen, but I don't sit around thinking, 'I've been a bumbling suitor all my life.'