Quotes About Fame

I can go out and chill with my friends, go out to dinner, and I won't get hounded like, I'm sure, Paul McCartney or somebody like that.

Everything I am is cause of Paris. She like paved the way for me. A girl like me who is literally famous for nothing - Paris Hilton taught us how to make that a business, you know what I mean?

The equation I share with the camera doesn't change whether you place a camera in front of me or a live audience. Just the pay cheques differ. But that doesn't matter to me because I've so much money, I don't even think about it. It's just lying there.

I don't want to have a song like 'My Humps' and it be sagging down, so I pay attention to that area. A lot.

One of the great things about being in entertainment is you have access to the media. People pay attention to you.

Did Amy Winehouse have a hit single from 'Frank?' I love 'Frank,' but people didn't really pay attention to her until 'Back to Black.' So no, I haven't had a hit single. I personally am not bothered about that.

You're always going to have people who disagree and hate on you. That's just part of being in entertainment. I've been raised in this business, so I'm used to it, I don't pay attention.

I don't pay attention to fame stuff, in general, so for me, I'm on a show and people like it and that's perfect.

Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.

People aren't paying to see the Kevin McHale show, they're paying to see the cast of 'Glee.'

Even the idea of people paying to hear me shouting into a microphone for an hour is alien to me - and I hope it always will be.

I'm really not used to people paying attention to my writing.

When I play discos in Belfast or freshers' week in Oxford, there are 1,800 kids dressed as me. It's odd, it's funny, and it pays really well.

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

Before I became famous I had a very full life, and that gave me a lot to pick from. I always use everything. It always comes in handy. Working with animals... Well, I just enjoyed that. That was the most peaceful time.

I made this record in the late '80s called 'Diamonds and Dirt,' and it was a big hit. It had five No. 1's, and it was my commercial peak, really.

As with many pop acts, your shelf life isn't that great, we peaked with our first album.

I've never been the attention-getter of Black Eyed Peas.

It feels great to be on the same pedestal as Madhuri Dixit.

I never wanted to be on a pedestal.

As soon as you're put on a pedestal, you're easily knocked off it.

Don't put celebrities up on this pedestal. We are human beings.

Most of the stories I read are about my Hollywood pedigree.

I'm officially near-famous. If you've got four year old kids and you've got cable, then you've got no choice but to know who I am. But if you're one of my peers - a 26-year old guy who lives in Manhattan - you have no idea who I am. I'm only famous if you're four.