Joe Bonamassa Quotes

I am perfectly happy to believe that nobody likes us but the public.

There is no person in this town who is doing particularly well at the moment when it comes to the opinions of the American people.

This is a game where if you don't have people who dislike you, then you don't know what it is to be liked. I've had a lot of dislike thrown at me in this game, but I've also had a lot of love.

Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.

When we did 'The Office,' no one knew who we were, so it was easy to champion us; you could own us. Once you become successful, people don't have that any more, so it becomes more polarised. Some people want to champion you, and others want to slag you off. It doesn't concern me.

No matter what players say or people say, you want to be liked and appreciated, even if you've had a downfall.

People who know me, love me. People who don't know me love me too... or they hate me.

If you want to be loved by everyone, don't go into politics.

I definitely think we get a lot of respect for what we do, but I definitely think that some people don't like us, which is fine.

But I think, if you're in the spotlight, people are going to say bad things, and that's just the way it is.

Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell.

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.

Does General Grant think I care what the newspapers say?

There are so many people in the country who don't like me.

Before I entered politics, when I used to appear in public everyone would applaud; now half of the people applaud, and half of them boo.

The reason the public loves me is that they understand everything that I do. The reason they love you is that they understand nothing of what you do.

There's two sides to the sword. It's like, for as many people that love you, there's all the people out there who hate you.

You know, people hate me or love me and I just don't even bother paying attention to it anymore.

When you're a sports figure and people dislike you, they're going to look for the negatives.

What I've learned is that living in public life... it's impossible to have everybody like you. No matter what you do.

Being a public figure a lot of people will really love what you do, but you know there is also a ton of people who will hate on it.

I think, whenever you're in the public eye, you're never going to be loved by everybody.

The industry doesn't usually say nice things about my work. My films take a while till they are accepted as good and I think 'Yennai Arindhaal' too will go through that phase.

Fans always have an opinion of their own. We only try to live up to their expectations.

Some people just don't like you; you cannot satisfy everyone. But I've got a lot of supportive fans - people who do like me, do enjoy what I do.