I don't have a long history of hit singles of my own. I had a few, and I had a little hot streak in the '70s, but I've had a lot of success producing other people.
Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.
For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
Don't be concerned who is watching you. The triumphs and merits of others belong to them - as do yours to you. Make the most of what you've got.
Sometimes you have to make your own opportunities, and that's why I'm on TV. I wasn't going to sit around anymore, waiting for the damn phone to ring. I had to create my own place - I've always done that.
Go fail or succeed on your own merits, be your own man.
I believe in making your own opportunity.
People will try to rain on your parade because they have no parade of their own.
The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself.
I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple.
When you know what you're passionate about and what you want to do, just go for it and own it.
Don't waste time collecting other people's autographs; rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting.
Life owes you nothing. You owe yourself everything.
What I really want is to create a name based on my own accomplishments.
The victor is often vanquished by his own success.
