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I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think that anybody can quite live up to your expectations.

To be an icon is a big job - it's beyond acting. And sometimes it pays, and sometimes it doesn't.

I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.

I ain't no icon. It's people like Patti LaBelle, somebody like that's an icon. I'm just Missy. I'm just crazy, that's all.

I would never say I was an icon, but so many people have said I am, so I suppose I am. I mean, I can't not be what everyone says I am. But I don't feel like an icon.

I want to be an icon.

What I love most about icons is finding out what's behind them, exploring the price of their power.

There comes a time when even icons, if they choose to do so, should be allowed to enjoy life out of the spotlight.

If you think too much about playing an icon, it will immobilize you. You have to treat it like a fresh character. Sure, there are guidelines so that you don't upset people, but you have to find your own way.

I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.