Bonnie Raitt Quotes

It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.

Pink is what I do. Alecia is who I am. The world has taken Pink and turned it into this thing, a brand - a snarl.

I'm not a pop star.

I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.

I never wanted to be a performer, I never wanted to be Yo Yo Honey Singh, the rock star.

We want people to see us live before we continue on and call ourselves recording artists.

What I always wanted to do was to be a rock star.

There was a period of time when I thought I had to be Alice Cooper all the time.

If I don't terrorize, I'm not Pop.

People see you on TV every day, they start knowing your name. You know, I was always just the guy from Maroon 5 until I became myself.

Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.

I've always known, before I had a record deal, that the thing is to go out and put on the show. I've been doing that from day one.

John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name.

I really don't think of myself as a singer. I think of myself as an entertainer, and the best place I do it is onstage.

Lil' Kim is my stage name and a character I use when I'm out working my livelihood.

Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I've been doing it for a long time.

I entertain more than just sayin', 'oh that's a female rapper,' or 'oh, that's a rapper,' period.' But, me, I put out music, and when I put it out, I also entertain on Twitter. I entertain on stage. I entertain talking to people.

I definitely don't wanna be known as the 'Up Down' guy. I love singing that song, I love that song, but yeah, there's definitely more to me than just a party for sure.

When someone is a musician - trying to make a living off being a public figure - it's really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn't have a personal life.

Actually, the original nickname that I was told - it scared me to death - was Heavy G. I think the last thing you want to be known as is Heavy anything. No offense to Heavy D - rest his soul. Worked for him, wasn't really my bag.

Most of all, I want to be known as Barbi Benton, the singer, not as Hugh Hefner's girlfriend.

I am not necessarily a private person, but I am Charlotte Flair on camera, and that is playing a character.

My band persona is 25% tougher than I am.

When I started out playing live, it was different. I felt good about it. Nobody knew who I was. I just opened for so-and-so. Now, I'm playing to people who are coming out to see the band. There's too much attention on the band and me.

I've always been very much in control of my music and my image, and I think one of the things I've been lucky about is I didn't bring a label on board until I really figured out who I was.