Icon Quotes

We've never performed the song live outside of recording it in the studio. That was a dream come true because Whitney, she's an icon and she's been one of my main mentors in this business.

What was new was the symbolic force of the targets struck. The attackers did not just physically cause the highest buildings in Manhattan to collapse; they also destroyed an icon in the household imagery of the American nation.

Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon.

I was just thinking of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe and how young they were when they died. I would like to be a pop icon who survives. I would like to be a living icon.

I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.

I never thought I would be somewhat of a gay icon.

I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful.

Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.

I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry.

Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability.

I'm not an icon. Not even in America.

From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.

I am a huge fan of gays. They love me, and I love them. They think of me as sort of a gay icon.

I wish HP nothing but the best. I think HP is an icon. Those of us who had their careers in the Valley think of Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett as role models. We would love to be half as good as they were.

Janet Jackson is an icon, I've been honored to meet her a few times, working with her would be amazing.