Ruth Bernhard Quotes

The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has to cease being a ghost and become a leader or innovator.

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

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

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

I want to be an icon.

I don't think you can decide how famous or not you become.

I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.

I want to become more famous, even more famous.

I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.

I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.

I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.

I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play.

I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want.

I'm already more famous than I want to be. And yet at the same time, fame feeds your potential as a creative person. You're in a vacuum if you don't have a certain amount of fame.

I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it.

Fame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, 'fame.' It's a power; it's another degree of power, to be famous. I think it's obvious: you have more influence the more well-known you are. And, hopefully, it's righteously used.

You're always proud that people still want to hear what you're doing.

People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I heard your dad's speech, and it's really great.' And they'll mention some place I didn't even know my dad was going to.

It's been a great advantage and a privilege to have the Tagore surname. Wherever you go, you are recognised.

I started skating when I was 2 years old because of my older sister Natasha was a skater, and I wanted to be just like her!

People come up to me with tattoos of my lyrics!

My grandfather has a big influence on me; without him, I wouldn't be where I am now.

I was looked upon as this privileged actress who was like Yash Chopra's family. He was my second family. Whatever I have achieved is because of him.