Quotes About Recognition

It's OK if people say I sound like Frank Sinatra. I just don't want them to think I am Frank Sinatra.

Naan' performed admirably, and the people have since associated me with that character. I am in no hurry to change that image.

Winning a State film award for 'Nandanam' had me sit up and realise that cinema was my bread and butter and that I had to be sincere to my work.

One of the great things about being recognized is that you receive this feedback from people. It is easy to see how sincere people are. It's nothing fake or jive. They're giving sincere appreciation. And it's not that easy to express.

It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.

The most sincere form of flattery is money.

I think people recognize I'm very sincere in what I say.

People are very sincere in their praise, and you can't take it lightly.

There is something magical about that green coat. I mean that sincerely. It's a very special week, and being able to wear that green jacket. It's made my whole career. It's special.

I didn't know I was a good director, and I mean that sincerely. I had done a film a long time ago called 'Cold Around the Heart.' Nobody saw it, and it didn't turn out the way I wanted to.

It feels as if the world has acknowledged and accepted our sincerity.

Paul knew I could sing, write and play, and so he rang me. It knocked me sideways a little because I wasn't used to being a sidekick. That was the first time I'd been with a band with someone more famous than me.

With 'Sherry,' we were looking for a sound. We wanted to make the kind of mark that, if the radio was playing one of our songs, you knew who it was immediately. But I didn't want to sing like that my whole life.

I don't want to see people decorating a house or digging a garden. As for guys like Jonathan Ross, he got an award there last Christmas. What for? He doesn't sing, dance or tell jokes, does he?

I'm just fortunate to get to sing songs composed by such great musicians. It's a bonus that the songs have been received well.

John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.

I'm a little kid from Azusa - for people to even know my name in Singapore, that is huge for me. That's what I've always dreamed of.

I'm no hillbilly singer.

It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.

I do know a good singer when I hear one.

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.

I want to be a playback singer and make my name big.

It wasn't until later when people became aware of my writing that I would hear begrudgingly, 'You know, you really are a pretty good singer, I guess.'

There are people who'll dismiss me as 'just' a singer. That's how it is, how it's always been, but just because I'm not hunched over a piece of paper with a pen in my hand doesn't mean I'm not putting in the graft.