Quotes About Fame

America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin.

It feels great to be compared to Colombian singer Shakira.

But I have never wanted to be a singer, because the exterior part of a career, I don't like very much.

When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.'

What you need to know about me is that I always just wanted to be a country singer. I didn't choose the path of television or being on magazine covers.

I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.

Ever since grammar school, I knew I wanted to be famous - I always wanted to be a singer.

Whether it be Beyonce or Justin Bieber, we see singers who have absolutely nothing to offer anyone as they walk off stage clutching three Grammys in each hand.

The singers who are the most honest are the ones who become immortalized.

My parents, Aparesh and Bansari Lahiri were very famous singers from Kolkata.

The way I see it, all the popular singers are strippers.

When I was younger I was interested in fame. Lots of kids want to be actors and singers and stuff and it's fun to be recognized and fun to have pictures taken of you.

I'm one of the best producers, one of the best singers. You hear me? I'm not just one of the best rappers. I'm one of the greatest ever.

We've never been, really, singers or performers. We are a little bit but we are not like Mick Jagger or Keith Richards or anyone like that.

I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm forty-five.

I can never stop singing... it has given me recognition and fame.

Only in acting I'm going by Joanna JoJo Levesque. In singing, just JoJo. But the reason we wanted to go with JoJo Levesque is most people know me as JoJo. People that are familiar with me would still be like, 'Oh, that's JoJo.'

If I call you playing my music, you'll be like, 'Oh, that's Gunna.' Even on a song you ain't heard, you're gonna know my voice for singing. But if I call you on the phone - 'What's up? Are we still doing the interview today?' - you're not gonna know who this is.

I get invited to literally every single movie premiere that's going on.

Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.

I am going to be an actress. I am going to meet Quentin Tarantino. He will fall in love with me. We will get married. I will be the lead in every single one of his films. He will be like Uma who?

I had a hit single on the radio for 30 days before I graduated from high school.