Success Spoil Rock

Famous quotes containing the words success spoil, success, spoil and/or rock:

“The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people cruel and bitter.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)

“The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men round to his opinion twenty years later.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“They don’t want you until you have made a name, and by the time you have made a name, you have developed some kind of talent they can’t use. All they will do is spoil it, if you let them.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)

“I know it’s only rock ‘n’ roll but I like it.”
—Mick Jagger (b. 1943)