Clea Duvall Quotes

I would love for people to look at me as a great singer but also know exactly who I am, the way that we have loved and respected people like Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle, having gone through the different stages of their lives with them. That's the type of history I want to have.

I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.

When I die, I want people to be like, 'Respect the music.' I don't really care if you hate me or like me - what I want badly is the validation and respect of the people.

It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.

Being called a 'music legend' is a very funny thing. It's nice to know that my work has been appreciated and that people have given me that status. On a personal level, however, I can't think about it too much. It means a lot... but then it doesn't.

I'm okay if people don't know who I am, but if you remember my character that would be great.

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

I feel blessed and humbled that people have loved my music. Nothing would be possible without their acceptance.

It is very difficult to capture over the centuries, the charisma of an individual.

I think people have gotten to know Tupac much better since he's been gone than they did when he was here.

When I'm dead, gone or whatever, people will always remember my name and the music I did during my time.

Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.

Her many achievements will be appreciated more as time goes on.

I'm not the creative one. I know that. If Rory Storm hadn't come along... and then The Beatles... I would have continued running around in teddyboy gangs. Today, well... I'd probably be a laborer. I'm glad I'm not, of course. It'll be nice to be part of history... some sort of history anyway. What I'd like to be is in school history books and be read by kids.

I grew up listening to AM radio in the '70s and hearing all of that great soul and rhythm and blues music, which definitely influenced the way I sing. But singing gospel has made me a much more humble person. There are so many people who were geniuses who only a few people knew about when they were alive.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.

It's a blessing to be a part of such great shows that they're so recognizable.

Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an award is that it creates opportunities.

I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice and I'm very honored. It's nice to know after 27 years now that what I said in the first place has stuck, and that was the belief in it.

I've always acknowledged my debt to Hammer. I've always said I'm very grateful to them. They gave me this great opportunity, made me a well known face all over the world for which I am profoundly grateful.

Once you've established yourself with hits that become part of people's lives, then they pretty much always want to see you.

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.

I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them.

For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure.