Rokia Traore Quotes

I have been so fortunate and I really am appreciative of the success I've had.

It's been fun. I've had a lucky life. Art has made me pull the best out of myself.

I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. If I didn't think that, there would be something wrong with me. I'm grateful and thankful for what I've got.

I'm just considering myself extremely lucky. All I wanted is to have 'Paranormal Activity' be released and become successful. And everything that's happened since then is just an enormous bonus.

I am grateful for all the opportunities I've had.

People who have been watching my performances, my films, have been a big support. If they are proud of my filmography and work, I am proud of what I have done.

I feel a whole lot of gratitude for having hits.

Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.

As an artist, I've been very fortunate.

So I am happy to have fans, especially if it enables me to keep working. And I am really grateful when people respond to my work.

I feel blessed. To live an artistic life, it's a blessing.

I think at any point, as an artist, whatever the medium - just having an audience means the world.

If you remember one thing from talking to me, remember this: I am just a girl who makes noises - and I'm incredibly lucky that people happen to like those noises.

I never imagined I would have one fan, and there seems to be a few. I just couldn't be happier that people seem to like what I'm doing and seem to respond to it. If they weren't there, I don't know what I'd be doing right now.

I guess what I learned the most was to feel lucky with what I have been able to accomplish and what I have and to feel humble about the people I have been able to work with.

I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.

Every show that sells out is like a hero's welcome for me.

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

But you've reached them, and I've always wanted to reach people. I'm the first one to say I love my fans because they love that I took a chance.

You never know how things are going to go. I think you hope that people are going to dig what you do and that you're going to get the chance to do it on a really comfortable level.

We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy.

I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people - producers, directors, people who buy tickets - who put confidence in me.

I feel like I have been totally blessed with everything that I have done.

To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.

There is a big difference between No. 1 and No. 2. I don't care who wrote it. I'd love to one day have a No. 1 that I wrote, but if that ain't in the cards, whatever. My job is right now is to make the best music I can and try to get it to the people, whether it be something that I wrote or not. It's my job to be the best I can for the fans.