Quotes About Recognition

You sacrificed for us - you're the real MVP.

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.

It was Kovacs who said "Mother" then, muffled under latex. It was Kovacs who closed his eyes. It was Rorschach who opened them again.

She became a very famous, very popular young girl. Before that, she was my daughter, but now I'm her father.

To me there is a name for each person. I think it's marvelous to have a name. A woman is not a woman. It's either Gena or my mother or some other person.

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

If people think I'm just the boss's daughter, they're deceived.

I am not really much interested in talking to adults, although I suppose practically every mother in the kingdom knows my name and my books. It's their children I love.

My mother used to hope that I would rise up from my humble roots. Become someone sucessful, or even famous. I'm famous all right, but I don't think it's what she had in mind.

I'm a different person. I don't want to be titled as Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain's daughter. I want to be thought of as Frances Cobain.

On winning Literature Nobel Prize: I was actually in the street. Yes, I was in the street. It was my daughter who notified me.

Early in my career I began receiving letters from a woman in the Midwest who claimed to be my mother.

Wife-Mother-Actress-Author The world will remember.

My mother made it seem perfectly normal for thousands of people to be cheering me, as if there was nothing special going on. I thought all children must live as I did.

It's hard and sometimes it's scary. It still amazes my mother. I went home for Christmas one year and there were fans all over the front lawn, hoping to see me.

It's my real name. My mother's name is Rose Rock. It was the worst name as a kid to have. They called me Piece of the Rock, Plymouth Rock, Joe Rockid, and Flintstones. Now they call me Mister Rock.

Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.

I get no respect... I tell you, when I was born, the doctor smacked my mother

All of my life people have thought of me as Bing Crosby's daughter. Now they'll remember me as the person who shot J.R.

People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'

My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.

I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't really know her personality.

My mother told me, if you call yourself 'Little' Stevie Wonder, you'd better be as good as Little Willie John.

I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.