Quotes About Icon

If you're going to rip someone off, it might as well be Audrey Hepburn.

Cod became almost a religious icon - a mythological crusader for Christian observance.

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My style icon really for my whole life has been my mother.

Smith was the ultimate New Yorker, the ideal candidate for the job of president of the building that would become the very icon of the city. The city was in his bones. He could point out every landmark in town and talk affectionately and knowledgeably about the city and its people.

My mum is my beauty icon, because she represents what I think beauty is.

Every once in awhile, the world will push up an Elvis Presley or a Beatles. But that's really outside the realm of show business.

I try to have a fashion sense as far as looking and being fresh in my space. I guess that gets received well sometimes but I never look at myself as a 'fashionista' or 'style icon.'

It would be better to be recognized first for music, but people go with what they like. If I'm here because I'm recognized more so as a style icon, then, if I'm smart enough, I will use this opportunity to share more insight about my music.

I'm a huge Marlene Dietrich fan. She's got this raunchy kind of strength. It would be hard to find a man who could come up with something hard for her to handle. She's seen it all and done it all.

Coco Chanel hated me. I can understand why.

I don't know if anybody will ever be as good as Hendrix again.

Thierry Henry, without a doubt - he's an absolute legend.

I can write a song about my hero Che Guevara and call it 'Song for Che.'

Clint Eastwood has always been a hero.

Every generation of children has its private hero.

When I was a kid, we all knew who Niki Lauda was. He was a hero, a living legend in Germany. Everybody knows him.

Dean Martin is one of my heroes.

Richard Burton is one of my heroes.

Freddy Krueger was one of my childhood heroes.

I adore Madonna. She reinvents herself like no one else.

Hillary Clinton looms over the Democratic Party like Evita from her balcony.

I don't personally think of myself as an icon, but it's definitely an incredible thing. Scoring 16 goals at the World Cup is something you only usually dream about.

It's easy to forget, given her scandal-tinged life and tragic death, how incredibly talented Whitney Houston was. She holds the world record as the most-awarded female act of all time, with over 415 major recognitions during her career. She is the only artist to chart seven consecutive number one songs.