Engelbert Humperdinck Quotes

I had to put me foot down with the first record company. It was about 1975, when singers were being given names like Gary Glitter and Alvin Stardust, so they wanted to call me Benny Santini just because me dad's an Irish-Italian with an ice-cream business!

I would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless.

When I came out of service, the first couple of releases didn't really hit so I just took a little hiatus and sat down to see what was happening. I just glued my ears to the radio and then I started writing - the first hit record that came out was 'Everybody Loves a Winner.'

When I started to recording, I gave the name of Honeyboy, but my people only knew me by Honey.

It only took me six months to get a record deal, but it took me 20 years to have a hit.

Candice is the original spelling of my name. I changed it to Kandyse when I was really young and first starting out in the business as kind of a joke. I didn't realize it would stick! I did consider changing it, but then it seemed too confusing, so then I asked them to change it back. Not too soon, however!

It is going to be changed to straight P. Diddy. You could call me P. or Diddy, or P. Diddy. I just want something fresh, man.

I was one of the first artists to make a buzz about '106 & Park.' If it wasn't for that show, I wouldn't be the entertainer that I am today.

People who want to remember me as Cat Stevens - welcome. Those who want me as Yusuf, you're here.

When I started rapping, I was like, I'ma change my name before I become famous. And that didn't happen. I didn't have time.

The last time I put out 'Raw,' that boosted me up in the underground to one of the top underground artists who was making moves and touring around the world.

I believe later in life I'm gonna change my name when I start making the right music.

When 'And Then What' was made, Jeezy already had a street appeal, but 'And Then What' put him on the national appeal.

I decided I wanted to use my real name 'Tierra Whack' when I decided I wanted to make music my career.

My real, full name is Chelsea Chanel Dudley. In my opinion, Chelsea Dudley does not sound like a rapper. So I was like, 'You know what? Imma drop both of those names and just go by Chanel.'

I'm still Lil Xan. You can call me Diego if you want. My second album, I'm going to be full Diego.

Record labels and producers are not looking to change you: they are looking to make a star. And what they might think is a star may not be you.

The good thing about having a hit record is you don't need too many people. Because now your record is on fire, and I already have a great team around me, so why run to the labels?

It's a sense of pride, a sense of you set out to get a record deal, and we got that. We set out to get a No. 1 record, and then we got that. Then you say, 'Wow, that was impossible and now even more impossible is to stay No. 1 and stay current and put out new records that people care about,' and we really stuck to that.

Success happened for me when I dropped my first major label album for Def Jam, 'Live From The Underground.'

I have sung some great songs, and fortunately, all have gone to become hits.

Three weeks into being in Hollywood, I was playing with Slash through an ad in the paper.

I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.

In rock music, you have a big success before you turn 30, then there is sort of a decay. Then there is the reunion, and everyone is waiting to hear what you were doing when you were 20, and nobody cares what you are doing at 50 or 60. But the more I continue, the more I produce, the more I play every year in bigger places.

If you're Ronan Keating, who was working in a shoe shop when I discovered him, but end of thinking you're George Michael, then you need to be stopped.