Quotes About Recognition

It's insane to have people recognize me for my work and get behind me.

I have an insatiable desire to be the center of attention.

Everyone has this insatiable need to share things with everyone. I think people want to be seen.

When you first get fame, you're so insecure that you just become a ding dong.

A bedrock of insecurity made me want to impress and want to be the center of attention.

The need to make sure everyone knows all of the great stuff about us is usually an insecurity in itself.

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.

It's absurd for anybody to look around and hear the acts and artists who cite us as an inspiration, and then tell me that we're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I don't need an award to inspire me to keep making music.

We want to inspire everyone to recognize the positive social impact they can have if they choose to become technologists.

I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.

When you learn that you inspired someone, it's a huge honor.

When Ariana Grande was starting out, everyone was like, 'You're just like Mariah Carey!' She inspires me so much because she just kept going and made her own name, and no one even says that anymore.

It's not necessarily all about commercial success. It's about inspiring in the world and having what you do seen as art and a contribution to the world.

The most inspiring thing as an artist is when someone says, 'I believe in you'; sometimes that works even better than Grammys.

I feel good when I see someone from fan clubs on Instagram make a card for me.

I look at my role and how important it is for the film. For instance, my role in 'Sarrainodu' was very much appreciated.

I've never been one that really won with major-name collaborators. You take, for instance, 'Angel' with Rayvon. 'It Wasn't Me' was with Rikrok. Nobody knew who those guys were.

America is so much more 'show business.' For instance, you have Barack Obama. We have Fredrik Reinfeldt. Everyone in the world knows Barack Obama!

We're not one of those groups who have one song on the radio and, boom, they're an instant success. We worked hard from day one and didn't get a lot of respect, possibly because of the way we were marketed.

Being Australian, I sometimes feel I'll never walk into a dressing room and get that instant credibility because of where I'm from. But that's fine. Even in Australia, where I've had success, I never assumed that people would follow me because of who I am.

Being Australian, I sometimes feel I'll never walk into a dressing room and get that instant credibility because of where I'm from.

The Malayalam industry is down to earth and instantly recognizes talent.

When you want something so bad and when something great happens, I think it's instinct that you say, 'This is gonna be the moment that's gonna change everything. Everybody is gonna see me a different way.'