Joe Simon Quotes

As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble.

I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.

In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making 'Star Trek.' But most of the time, I don't think about it.

I'm really proud of 'Moneyball.' To me, it's about feeling pride in a movie I made. I think when I'm an old man I'll be able to show it to my grandkids with pride. That's all I can really go for: making movies to please me.

'Stand and Deliver' has been the most successful thing I have done in my life. So many people have seen it. There was really no need for me to do anything else.

Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of my work plan every day.

It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre.

I know my music probably isn't going to matter to the public after I die, but that doesn't mean I don't have something to offer.

You have to pay attention to the moments when you've felt on top on the world. I remember the first time I was on stage, I was doing 'West Side Story,' I was 17 and this woman was crying because she liked what I was doing so much.

I never dwell on what I've personally achieved.

I'd like to think I've left something in the world. Without in any way trying to be morbid, but life is very short, and I'd like to think I'd leave some body of work that would inspire other musicians long after I've gone.

Steve Jobs now rests with the sublime satisfaction of symbolic immortality.

It's crazy to call myself as the sexiest woman. I'm like, wow; this is cool. Looking at the past years, I was expecting 5th or 6th position. But standing on the 3rd position was totally unexpected.

I want to be well enough to enjoy the things I've made.

I'm proud of the body of work I was part of and I want people to enjoy it as long as they choose to.

After I've sat back and looked at my body of work, thought about it, I go, 'Wow, I guess I am a Hall of Famer.'

I sometimes think this is just my life: I go to mow the lawn and sometimes go to space. But when other people say what you've done is really impactful, that's really humbling.

I don't like to celebrate my own achievements.

It feels good to have a body of work that, 30 years later, people show up and say, 'Man, we appreciate you.'

'No Matter What' is, without question, the most personal song I have ever written and the one I am most proud of.

I don't necessarily get rubs from championships, I'd like to feel the championship gets a rub off of me.

There is little pride in writers. They know they are human and shall some day die and be forgotten. Knowing all this a writer is gentle and kindly where another man is severe and unkind.

I think about all the people who have created something that lives after them - works of art, plays, music, films, literature, poetry that will be read, seen, performed, and heard for the rest of time. If I could do something that lives after me, then I think I will have had a life well led.

It's a great honor that something that you took part in creating becomes this forever object.

I want to go down in the history books with what I've achieved.