Quotes About Fame

The music industry is really funny, when you have a hit record, everyone knows who are you, everyone wants to do duets with you, then if you have a miss, people suffer from amnesia.

He stole my music but he gave me my name.

I'm now a legend, whether I want to be or not.

The Beatles were just a band that made it very, very big, that's all.

I think if we keep on doing good music and people like us and they buy the magazine because we are in the magazine then they cant basically hate us hopefully.

When the band begins to get a name for themselves, and the writers get assigned to bands, they'll hit somebody who just doesn't like that kind of music, or they love hip hop but hate guitar rock.

You'd think I'd have been happiest in my life playing music in front of 50,000 people at Gillette Stadium. But let me tell you, it's an odd feeling to feel alone in the spotlight.

It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.

I think Behind the Music is good for people like Leif Garrett and Motley Crue.

If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music.

I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made music was you got on a major label and you got famous.

Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks and the weirdos. But they're not going to have any decent music to play, are they?

I probably have the crappiest tattoo -- not only in country music -- but maybe the world.

We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.

I intend to put them on the charts.

For many artists fame complements the value of creative self-expression. Ludwig van Beethoven loved composing music, but he probably would have enjoyed it less if no one ever listened to the product.

He's a world-famous name to people who care about his music, but there are many people who have never heard of George Gershwin and those numbers increase.

It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage

If somebody for some reason, for music or for movie, becomes famous, it's because they have something, something special.

There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever.

I grew up in a Hollywood family with money, so money is not the reason I make music. I'm as Hollywood as it gets. Not internally but externally - that's my bloodline.

My fame came from my success as a country music singer.

I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage.

Most music careers slowly but surely go down.