Chanel West Coast Quotes

You can't trust an artist that just makes good records.

I think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important.

I was kind of reluctant to sing on the 'Housewives' because there are so many 'Housewives' that are singing that can't really sing. I didn't want to get out there and sing and not be taken seriously.

It's not that I'm universally loved. We know I'm not in New Jersey. But what they do say in New Jersey is, 'We like him, and we think he's telling us the truth.' I think we need to have that type of politics on the national level.

I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.

In the role of Miss Munim, I had credibility as an individual.

I thought if I wanted people to take me seriously, I needed to act serious and not reveal too much of my private life so people could seriously accept me in different things.

I don't want to be thought of as wholesome.

It's funny; we never had anything like credibility. Even though we all have some sort of punk-rock background, but so what? I really don't care about that. What's credibility anyway? Who has credibility?

Credibility is someone else's idea of what I should be doing.

If you want to be taken seriously and gain credibility, you really do have to try and write yourself. I don't want to do an album of covers and stuff.

Like confidence, legitimacy can vanish in a hurry and once lost, is very difficult to regain.

I've always been of the view that people want to see their president periodically not taking himself too seriously.

I used to be the class clown. I was the funny kid. That's why it was so hard for people to understand that I rap, because for a long time, they didn't take me seriously for who I was. By, like, eighth grade, I was really rapping.

I am no longer willing to take parts in films and/or television shows which detract from the 50 years I have spent building my reputation.

Talent needs credibility.

We'd love to show the natural side of 4Minute.

I'm not trying to acquire a reputation as serious documentary maker for its own sake.

I've always believed that getting respect as an artiste is of utmost importance.

I ain't want my kids to grow up and call me Thug. I don't want anybody to kind of look at me like that. So I'm gonna just use my real name.

You're seen a certain way in the acting world. To them, you're still a football player and not taken as seriously. They think you're just doing it to be a celebrity, to keep your name out there. They don't think you'll prepare.

I hope to maintain my credibility after I stop playing.

A lot of people relate my success now with The Voice, and it has nothing to do with that. I've definitely worked my ass off for a year afterwards trying to get that off of my forehead. If anything, it's actually harder to get labels to look at you when you come off a show like that, and it's harder for people to look at you like a real artist.

A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

It's hard to be taken seriously if you're a young, female artist making pop music; you never know how people are going to react.