Quotes About Recognition

In hindsight, I think my manager and I both knew that 'Someone You Loved' was a special song that we had to put out. But no one was expecting it to do so well.

MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.

I felt something in my hip but I thought it was something little. It got worse and worse over time, to the point where I couldn't sit down. That's when I knew something was wrong.

A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.

Out of all the R&B artists that have come out, I think my name has been used most in hip-hop songs.

I just appreciate the love that I get and support from hip-hop.

I wouldn't want to end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the 'Master of Hip-Hop Samples,' but you take what you can get.

Usually people who are in my position, they run a company and they hire people and then they take the credit for it.

I sometimes think people hire me only for my eyes. If they could, they'd probably say, please leave your eyes on the set, we don't need the rest of you.

Just being hired by a great director is complimentary.

I take pride in the fact that I was the first Hispanic artist to really crack the English market.

Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.

There are fewer representations of black figures in the historical record.

I have achieved lots of things throughout my career that are very, very good, but if they rewarded me with a Ballon d'Or, that would be historical.

I want to go down in the history books as one of the greatest female boxers of all time, and I think I'm on the right path.

I want to etch my name into the history books myself, both at club and international level.

One U.S. hit single and a hit T Shirt in 1985 does not a celebrity make.

I wanted to stop while we were still getting big hits. The only thing I miss is the actual performing.

You ever get that feeling that you just have too many hits?

Once you've established yourself with hits that become part of people's lives, then they pretty much always want to see you.

When I'm making songs, I never call them hits. I knew 'Bandz A Make Her Dance' was a good record, but I never knew it was gonna be a hit.

I really thought that Billy Joel had two hits. I thought it was 'Uptown Girl' and 'Piano Man,' and that was basically it.

I've always wanted to have one of those hits on the radio, but we haven't really been able to crack that code.

I feel a whole lot of gratitude for having hits.