"You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself."
"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."
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Source: 'What is an icon?'. Interview with Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2005.
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