--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: The reason I'm uncomfortable with…" description: "\"The reason I'm uncomfortable with celebrity and don't care about it is that none of that matters. I think that's why people attack me and think I'm arr..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/mick-hucknall-4762_arrogant_the-reason-i-m-uncomfortable-with-celebr_2468208.jpg" --- # The reason I'm uncomfortable with celebrity and don't care… ![“The reason I'm uncomfortable with celebrity and don't care about it is that none of that matters. I think that's why people attack me and think I'm arrogant. I've never felt the need to justify myself. If I make good music, that music will do the job for me, even when I'm dead and gone.” quote by Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/mick-hucknall-4762_arrogant_the-reason-i-m-uncomfortable-with-celebr_2468208.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/mick-hucknall-4762_arrogant_the-reason-i-m-uncomfortable-with-celebr_2468208.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/mick-hucknall-4762_arrogant_the-reason-i-m-uncomfortable-with-celebr_2468208.jpg) > “The reason I'm uncomfortable with celebrity and don't care about it is that none of that matters. I think that's why people attack me and think I'm arrogant. I've never felt the need to justify myself. If I make good music, that music will do the job for me, even when I'm dead and gone.” [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Artistic merit should speak for itself, rendering external validation unnecessary. **In simple terms:** Let the work speak for itself. Key Takeaway Focus on creating quality work. Themes art authenticity self‑validation Mood thoughtful resolute Type philosophical inspirational When to use this quote - music production - public image - career longevity - media scrutiny Key Concepts creative integrity public perception Questions to Reflect On - How do you handle criticism? - What role does audience perception play in artistic legacy? 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I don't think that arrogant intellectuals should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-galeano/the-ways-of-change-are-dictated-by-the-circumstances-of-each-country/) [Eduardo Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-galeano/) > [You know what, lots of people are bothered by how I am. They think I'm arrogant! That is the way I am - I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-carlos/you-know-what-lots-of-people-are-bothered-by-how-i-am-they-think-i-m/) [Roberto Carlos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-carlos/) > [I'm not one of the pessimists who thinks that we're going to destroy the planet. I feel like it's going to evolve into something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-owens/i-m-not-one-of-the-pessimists-who-thinks-that-we-re-going-to-destroy/) [Rick Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-owens/) > [I believe in clear-cut positions. I think that the most arrogant position is this apparent, multidisciplinary modesty of "what I am saying now is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavoj-i-ek/i-believe-in-clear-cut-positions-i-think-that-the-most-arrogant/) [Slavoj Žižek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavoj-i-ek/) > [I think it would be arrogant and borderline foolish to believe theres no other life forms that exist out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-smith/i-think-it-would-be-arrogant-and-borderline-foolish-to-believe-theres/) [Will Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-smith/) > [“Some women think being arrogant, selfish, bitter and looking down on others are qualities of being an Independent, strong, powerful and successful business women.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/de-philosopher-dj-kyos/some-women-think-being-arrogant-selfish-bitter-and-looking-down-on/) [De philosopher DJ Kyos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/de-philosopher-dj-kyos/) > [I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-tomba/i-was-introverted-shy-but-if-you-win-a-lot-you-need-to-be-extroverted/) [Alberto Tomba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-tomba/) > [“Richard—do you think me arrogant?” Richard smirked wryly. “You march in here at an unholy hour and proceed to insult me? No, Darcy you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-clarkston/richard-do-you-think-me-arrogant-richard-smirked-wryly-you-march-in/) [Nicole Clarkston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-clarkston/) > [“I bet you think I’m an arrogant showoff.” “Yes, I kind of do,” I admit frankly. His face falls. “Oh.” “Well, you’re being one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jen-minkman/i-bet-you-think-i-m-an-arrogant-showoff-yes-i-kind-of-do-i-admit/) [Jen Minkman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jen-minkman/) > [I like having conversations: you learn a lot about how other people think. If I'm myself and confident, I don't get nervous easily. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/song-joong-ki/i-like-having-conversations-you-learn-a-lot-about-how-other-people/) [Song Joong-ki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/song-joong-ki/) > [I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zlatan-ibrahimovic/i-read-all-the-time-that-people-think-i-m-arrogant-they-say-i-am/) [Zlatan Ibrahimovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zlatan-ibrahimovic/) ## More by Mick Hucknall > [My dad knew I was mad about music. While he worked as a barber he would hear songs on the radio and we'd have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/my-dad-knew-i-was-mad-about-music-while-he-worked-as-a-barber-he/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [You're damn right I'm comfortable, I've worked very hard to be comfortable. But something I've always tried to impress upon people is that these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/you-re-damn-right-i-m-comfortable-i-ve-worked-very-hard-to-be/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [I felt trapped by my success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/i-felt-trapped-by-my-success/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [You live the life of a gipsy when you are on tour, and that's not ideal for family life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/you-live-the-life-of-a-gipsy-when-you-are-on-tour-and-that-s-not/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [For a frontman of a band, good hair is a requisite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/for-a-frontman-of-a-band-good-hair-is-a-requisite/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [Family is so important, I know that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/family-is-so-important-i-know-that/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [I knew I was famous the day I played football with mates in L.A. I scored a goal and Rod Stewart jumped on top…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/i-knew-i-was-famous-the-day-i-played-football-with-mates-in-l-a-i/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [A Hard Day's Night' is the most perfect pop album you'll ever get to hear in your life; it's filled with definitive versions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/a-hard-day-s-night-is-the-most-perfect-pop-album-you-ll-ever-get-to/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [Copyright is fundamentally socialist - it is radical and redistributive, subversive even. How else would you describe a form of property that anyone can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/copyright-is-fundamentally-socialist-it-is-radical-and-redistributive/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [I love quality drinks - a really good beer, or a great wine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/i-love-quality-drinks-a-really-good-beer-or-a-great-wine/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [Around 1988 I started to 'dread' my hair; because it's curly, it would go into dreads naturally if I stopped combing it. But the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/around-1988-i-started-to-dread-my-hair-because-it-s-curly-it-would-go/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [Ageing is something to celebrate. If you can avoid long-term debilitating injury and illness, it's something you have to embrace because the other choice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/ageing-is-something-to-celebrate-if-you-can-avoid-long-term/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [I'm quite happy being famous for what I do but I'm not happy about being famous for the sake of being famous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/i-m-quite-happy-being-famous-for-what-i-do-but-i-m-not-happy-about/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [I didn't want to be one of those touring musicians who get to hear about their daughter taking her first steps while they're in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/i-didn-t-want-to-be-one-of-those-touring-musicians-who-get-to-hear/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) > [I'm a troublemaker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-hucknall/i-m-a-troublemaker/) [Mick Hucknall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) [Explore all 106 Mick Hucknall quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-hucknall/) ## More Arrogant quotes > [How arrogant - how very far from humility - would be the self-satisfied, smug assurance that God, a tidy-up-after-us God will come and clean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-whitehouse/how-arrogant-how-very-far-from-humility-would-be-the-self-satisfied/) [Sheldon Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-whitehouse/) > [ \[T\]he tax code has been piling up, year after year, a symbol of everything gone wrong in America, of arrogant rulers and lost freedom,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-armey/t-he-tax-code-has-been-piling-up-year-after-year-a-symbol-of/) [Dick Armey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-armey/) > [What I would say to filmmakers, if I may be so bold or so arrogant, is to draw inspiration from other filmmakers, but go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-bender/what-i-would-say-to-filmmakers-if-i-may-be-so-bold-or-so-arrogant-is/) [Lawrence Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-bender/) > [In politics we face the choice between warmongering, nation-state loving, big-business agents on one hand; and risk-blind, top-down, epistemic arrogant big servants of large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-nicholas-taleb/in-politics-we-face-the-choice-between-warmongering-nation-state/) [Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nassim-nicholas-taleb/) > [I absolutely hate arrogant people, irks me to no end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-absolutely-hate-arrogant-people-irks-me-to-no-end/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Splutter, splutter. Yes - we're off - we're rising. But why start off with an engine like that? But it smooths out now, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/splutter-splutter-yes-we-re-off-we-re-rising-but-why-start-off-with/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [Mourinho is a bit arrogant, but you've got to like him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-nicol/mourinho-is-a-bit-arrogant-but-you-ve-got-to-like-him/) [Steve Nicol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-nicol/) > [Some say work smarter, not harder, but the wisest are both. Whether you're more of a hard worker or a smart worker, if you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colby-tatem/some-say-work-smarter-not-harder-but-the-wisest-are-both-whether-you/) [Colby Tatem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colby-tatem/) > [I was spoiled and I was arrogant. I was very demanding, had an overblown image of who I was and got a reputation for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judge-reinhold/i-was-spoiled-and-i-was-arrogant-i-was-very-demanding-had-an/) [Judge Reinhold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judge-reinhold/) > [We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-are-not-being-arrogant-or-complacent-when-we-are-said-that-our/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [“So you intend to go through life never loving anyone? Just … things?” “No. I’m looking for something more.” “More than love?” “Yes.” “Is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/renee-ahdieh/so-you-intend-to-go-through-life-never-loving-anyone-just-things-no-i/) [Renee Ahdieh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/renee-ahdieh/) > [People are tired of wasteful government programs and welfare chiselers, and they are angry about the constant spiral of taxes and government regulations, arrogant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/people-are-tired-of-wasteful-government-programs-and-welfare/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [“He was a man. Handsome as sin, arrogant as fuck, and in need of at least one woman to prove he wasn’t God’s gift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-blue/he-was-a-man-handsome-as-sin-arrogant-as-fuck-and-in-need-of-at-least/) [Melissa Blue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-blue/) > [Being nice to people gets you nowhere. Being arrogant gets you nowhere. Blackmail, now that's a thing that will get you everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-nice-to-people-gets-you-nowhere-being-arrogant-gets-you-nowhere/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [It's amusing how arrogant people can be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-amusing-how-arrogant-people-can-be/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Browse all 1,146 Arrogant quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The reason I'm uncomfortable with celebrity and don't care about it is that none of that matters. I think that's why people attack me and think I'm arrogant. I've never felt the need to justify myself. 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