Billy Paul Quotes

I like to stand out and make a statement.

I earned my famous name.

I think I've had an illustrious career.

I like that I can stand out from the crowd.

I've shown, for twenty-plus years, with a legacy that will be talked about way after I'm gone, that I am different.

To be recognised as the best in the whole world at something is an achievement.

I think it is a blessing to be known by the name of your character. How many characters can we count on our fingertips? Not many. To be one of them is a big achievement.

It's a very strange thing being recognized or looked upon as someone special.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is.

I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.

There is only one legend. That's me.

Fame legitimizes. Being conspicuous gets confused with being illustrious.

I want to make a name for myself.

The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small.

I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.

I think it's important to have your own individual style and sense of self. It's kind of what I do.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

I'm not the new Cameron Diaz. I'm not the new Keira Knightley, either. I don't know where these ideas come from. I'd rather be thought of as the one and only Laura Haddock. I'll happily settle for that.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom the world agreed to call great.

I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else.

I'm the best person ever to have a column in this business. There's never been anybody in my league.

It's an honor to be at the biggest club in the world.

It's a great honour to have the nickname of Iceman, it makes me feel very proud of my achievements.

I don't get inspired by too many people because I like uniqueness. I'm a unique dude.