“I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist.” PeopleBelieveHardWantedUsedArtistSongMy OwnRecordsSawsIndustryMountainBuiltReputationLabelsBelieve In MeSongwritersClownRecord Labels Author:Emeli Sande
“Some people have called me arrogant or believe that is my reputation, which is far from what I really am like.” PeopleBelieveReputationArroganceArrogant Author:Sourav Ganguly
“However much of time, labor, or other means it takes to establish a reputation, it frequently happens that it requires nearly as much to maintain it. One who has written a good book, is expected on all occasions to "talk like a book." Or, if one has achieved an act of heroism, he is expected to perform acts of heroism for the edification of all who approach him. There are people who can never believe they see a lion unless they hear him roar.” PeopleIfsBelieveMeanBookHappensWrittenApproachLaborExpectedReputationOccasionsLionsHeroismGood BookEdificationAll OccasionsActs Of Heroism Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“Who can know how much of his most inward life is made up of the thoughts he believes other men to have about him, until that fabric of opinion is threatened with ruin?” KnowsMenBelieveMadeLife IsOpinionKnow HowReputationRuinsInwardFabricThreatened Book:Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Source: Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)