Joan Baez Quotes

The biggest mistake people make about me is that they see me as some sort of god-like figure with a big ego. If I see a button, a T-shirt, that says, 'Yngwie is God,' I just look at it as a complimentary way of people telling me they like me. Although it's very flattering, it doesn't change the way I look at myself.

I wake up every day and look at my own ugly mug in the mirror and don't think twice about it. The fact that other people might want to look at me still feels funny. It's flattering, but funny.

So, I'm the Eighth Wonder of the World. It's flattering and very, very funny.

Nothing is worse than a beautiful girl fishing for compliments by saying how gross she is. On the flip side, I find genuine humility and modesty attractive.

I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.

I'm very flattered, but I don't think I'm the sexiest man on the planet.

I remember Robert Plant coming backstage after the first show saying, 'Hey, boys, I should be opening for you.' That felt pretty good.

It's always nice to hear nice things, but I don't suddenly go out and think I'm the best thing since sliced bread.

I find it hard to believe when people tell me I inspired them in any kind of way because I think to myself, 'well, why?' It's just me - not Madonna.

You don't become a rock star for no reason.

I never brag, how real i keep it, cause thats the best secret.

Actually I did not invent the seven habits, they are universal principles and most of what I wrote about is just common sense. I am embarrassed when people talk about the Covey Habits, and dislike the idea of being some sort of guru.

If we looked inside ourselves and remembered how insignificant we are, just for a couple of minutes a day, respect for other people would be an automatic result.

Revile those who flatter you.

Didn't want to be a star, wanted just to play guitar in this cockamamie business.

Don't flaunt your success, but don't apologize for it either.

I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.

To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just learning like everybody else.

Never expect, never presume, always work hard and always be true to who you are.

I don't want to be like some of those celebrities walking around, just so full of themselves. I always want to be down-to-earth, want to be a person like when you meet them, they're the same person that you think of them in the article or something.

I would have every man write what he knows and no more.

Least at thine own things laugh.

I am not a theologian or a philosopher. I am a story teller.

The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is part of their ability.

The minute a man is convinced he is interesting, he isn't.