Quotes About Fame

I never had huge amounts of money when I was young. I had huge amounts of fame, and I always had the sense of labor and recompense. I always said I don't want to work for pay, but I want to get paid for my song.

Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough.

I don't consider myself to be a great musician, but my first album was a record hit in Pakistan.

I know that bands that haven't put out a record for 10 years are playing to 20,000 people a night. But that's not the achievement.

I feel like I am a celebrity for no reason, like people are resentful I didn't have to play bars for 10 years to get a record deal.

Some people choose to go on 'American Idol' or another singing contest, and some people choose to beat down barrooms before anyone even knows who they are, in order to get a fan base, so when they do get a record deal, they have that to put in front of a label.

I was very dramatic - very, like, 'It's never going to happen. My life is over at 16 because I'm not already famous. I'm not going to get my record deal. I'm not going to be able to sing for a living.'

Yeah, well I've had a record deal for a long time so I'm kinda used to the cameras and the people, I'm used to dealing with peoples' opinions.

I got out of the business because I went from being the biggest artist on my record label to someone they didn't even want to have around.

How many people get to say they recorded a song with Dolly Parton and Jennifer Aniston?

I'm a creative person, and I've got a lot of ideas. People probably thought that my mentality was quick fame because I made 'Rack City' and it blew up fast, but I have over 1,000 songs recorded.

George Martin recorded a lot of my stuff before the Beatles, so I observed their meteoric rise.

My mum has recorded all my programmes and not watched one. My dad says he finds it embarrassing.

It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.

I did my first recording. It was called The Champ.

When I started to recording, I gave the name of Honeyboy, but my people only knew me by Honey.

There are still recording artists out there doing things for the right reason, but a lot of people seem to be just driven by fame.

Money definitely does not equal success in recording.

I loved recording 'Famous' and can't wait for everyone to hear it.

Today, people are more into the glitz and the glamour of everything. We don't even read the inside of records anymore.

I listen to my old records and I think, 'How did I ever get on the radio?'

I'm not ashamed of selling millions of records. I'm very fortunate to be in that position.

I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on.

The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that, because I was famous, he didn't have the same rights as other kids.