Quotes About Recognition

I usually get a lot of compliments from people as they can't believe I'm the same person when they meet me.

I'm still getting used to being called a composer. A poseur, maybe.

When you are known as this cutting-edge composer all the time... it's no longer cutting-edge.

It takes lot of years for a composer to make a name.

I think TV composers don't get enough credit. I really think it is one of the hardest jobs.

I'm trying to focus on my job. I don't think that being famous is a job. My job is composing, singing, performing, but not being a star.

When we look at something that is alien to us, that is beyond our comprehension, what do we see but ourselves?

The kind of attention I get is way beyond my comprehension.

I want to build a name through my roles and will not compromise with what is offered to me.

Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.

I recognize out of the box that I am not the establishment candidate. There's nothing about me that would have anybody draw the conclusion that I am somehow preordained for anything.

That accolade, to be the best at your position in your conference, you want that on your resume.

I feel confident that the work I've put in will make people see me as a music artist before anything else.

I think a lot of people confuse what we do with fame or wanting fame... which is not necessarily true.

I think a lot of artists get confused when people like their music; they think that means people know and like them. I'm sure there's an element of truth to that, but to me, the music I make is what I'm most proud of. I prefer to focus on that and for people to focus on the music, too.

A lot of times, I got confused for a kicker. And I've been compared to every white player in the NFL.

Throughout my career, people have totally confused 'Laguna Beach' and 'The O.C.' I think, in people's minds, it all kind of got blurred over time.

Buying my pain aux raisins and someone wanting a selfie was so confusing.

The whole 'Roots' thing is a very confusing time in my life, because I don't think I knew how to deal with the whole fame thing very well - especially in Brazil. We went to Brazil, and the record was massive - like real, real big; like Beatles big. And I remember I tried to go to the mall with my wife, and we got mobbed.

People would congratulate Dick for my movies. It bothered me for a long, long time.

I would like congratulate everyone who was a part of 'Life of Pi.'

All of my friends and a lot of kids at school know what I do. It's really something that's a big deal in my town. So it keeps it really special when people do congratulate me.

I fangirl when I see someone famous wish me congratulations.

When someone says, 'I recognize you,' I'll say, 'Congratulations on having a TV.' It's a little joke.