Joseph Barbera Quotes

I got a call for 'Aaya Na Tu' the same day that Forbes featured me in their list of 30 under 30. That day, I knew I had established myself as more than just a singer.

I wasn't star struck, but you know you're in the game when you're eye-to-eye with Nicki Minaj. It means you made it.

I wanted to build up a name for myself.

When people come up to me and say, 'You made it,' I think, 'But I'm not done yet. Not everyone's heard my music.' I want to be a household name.

I wanted to make a name for myself.

I guess when you have that one monster season, it's good because you're recognized. If it weren't for that season, not as many people would know about my career. But it also kind of diminishes what I did in other years.

I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit.

I don't think I'm a celebrity. A chimpanzee could have done what I did.

I want to make a name for myself.

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.

I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.

I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India.

I don't think I've done any profound work yet... People ask me, 'How would you want to be remembered?' I tell them I don't want to be remembered! I'm not here to become a Madhubala or receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. I'm not that kind of a person. And I'm not brash about it; it's just the way I am.

Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.

Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.

You have the feeling that if you get a Pulitzer, you're somehow set for life.

If people can finally recognize you on radio without being told who it is, that's what you aim for.

I said to my mother, 'When you see my name in 'Vogue,' I will have arrived.'

I'm not going to give it the big 'I am' now that I'm a New York Times bestseller.

I'm not a star.

I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.

Before 'Titanic,' yes, I had done some things and, yes, I had been nominated for an Academy Award, but I had never been sort of world-famous. And I suppose, yes, I am really famous now. But I feel embarrassed to say that because it's just a bit daft for me.

I have only one ambition, which is to be famous.

I'm not a success, I'm a sensation.

You can wish to have an Oscar someday or some other award, but Life Achievement? You don't see yourself that way.