Quotes About Icon

Elvis transcends his talent to the point of dispensing with it altogether.

Ever since Marilyn Monroe was transformed from one of the prettiest girls you could ever hope to see into an icon, everyone has been trying to repeat that icon. And now the entire industry is filled with, and by and large run by, wannabes.

The American Film Institute ranked him as the Greatest Male Star in cinema history. The honors were only beginning. In 1997 Entertainment Weekly designated Humphrey the Number One Movie Legend of all time. That year the United States Postal Service issued a stamp bearing his liken

He wondered, often, what it would look like if and when the shit in question hit the fan: The stock market at bottom was rigged. The icon of global capitalism was a fraud.

There are no brunettes...among Florentine Madonnas.

Sinatra was somebody special.

It's amazing the number of young people who are interested in Frank Sinatra.

Frank Sinatra will go on forever.

There's only one Sinatra. But don't forget that there's only one Sinatra Jr., too.

Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.

Passing away of a legendary singer like SP Subrahmanyam is a huge loss. I have personally loved all his renditions. He is such a legendary figure.

America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin.

Christina Aguilera is an incredible musician and singer.

There will never be another Freddie Mercury, one of the greatest rock and roll singers.

You can't erase Bill Cosby's contributions. That's the conflict. He's one of the most influential comedians of all time, and 'The Cosby Show' is one of the most influential sitcoms ever. When I watched as a kid, I wanted Cliff to be my dad. Everybody did.

Eventually, I would love to be on my deathbed and looked at as an icon. Right now I'm still at the baby stages of my career. But that is the goal.

I would switch roles with Madonna for a day. Or if Audrey Hepburn was still alive, Audrey Hepburn. I love Audrey Hepburn. She's one of my idols also.

I love when people in culture show up on fictional TV shows. I don't mind at all being a name from the '90s.

we all recognize a likeness of Shakespeare the instant we see one, and yet we don't really know what he looked like. It is like this with nearly every aspect of his life and character: He is at once the best known and least known of figures.

It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.

Porfirio Rubirosa.

But in the end the least misleading ikon is to be found, not in the physical world outside us, but in the human heart. The

Ozzy Osbourne is one of my favorite interviews, he's so good.

It's always intimidating to meet an icon.