Quotes About Success

I paid my dues. I have crawled to gigs. I have served people coffee. I worked hard selling all these records out the back of my car. Girl, I'm ready to sell one the real way now.

I went around driving myself to gigs everywhere, and eventually, people just kept coming back.

I came second in 'The Voice of Finland' in 2012 and my career really exploded at home. I had 300 gigs a year.

I went from playing small gigs for 80 people to like 2,000 or 3,000 people, and they were arriving with all this expectation and excitement.

I've never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I've wanted the music to do that.

A lot of my audience is aspirational as far as getting girls.

I want to be that Latin girl doing big things around the world.

At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either.

I'm a workin' girl.

After 'Crocodile Dundee,' I turned down lots of stuff, most of it where I'd play the girlfriend of some funny man.

Films like 'Satyamev Jayate' help in getting some distributors and financiers for films like 'Gali Guleiyan' which give me a lot of satisfaction.

There's a reason God didn't give me this success in my 20s, because I'd have blown it.

What fulfills me are the goals that I have in life. And those goals are not just about scoring goals, although the goals give me a lot of strength and happiness.

My parents did not pay a cent for my education; they didn't give me a car or furniture - I did that 100% on my own. I had to pay back a lot.

While we share the same set of values, we can - and do - have different business interests. Dad has been there to give me career advice along the way, but he has always let me call the play.

The UFC has been nothing but great to me. I can't complain; they give me what I want.

If my work is liked, not just Karan Johar or Remo D'Souza, anyone would give me roles.

I was told my style was supposed to give me a short career.

You give me someone with the right personality, and I'll give you a bar manager in three weeks. You give me someone who has been a lousy bar manager for 30 years, and in three weeks, you'll still have a lousy bar manager.

All I've ever said I need is an opportunity. Give me a chance, and I'll take it with both hands and run with it.

My success has given confidence to many others.

I just want to make sure that I'm competing every day and giving my best effort, because everything else just falls into place.

I would say that I've been lucky. Being blessed and not really ever giving up.

As long as you're giving up quality records and you're makin' hit records, people are always gonna want to hear a hit, and they'll always want to be attached to something that's doin' great.