Quotes About Fame

When Lady Gaga says I am her inspiration, you reach kids between 12 and 18. Now I am like a brand - jeans, Coca-Cola.

I would totally do a Madonna or Lady Gaga video.

Let the record show I would never turn down a role with Lady Gaga.

If somebody wants to get inside my brain and figure out what I'm chasing, what I'm after think Richard Branson, think Madonna, think Lady Gaga.

I would love to read Lady Gaga and Tonya Harding.

As for Lady GaGa, she's just a copy of Madonna.

I gave everything I ever wrote to Johnny Cash. I think he said later in some interview that he would take them home and throw them in the lake with all the other demos. I'm sure he got a million of them.

I grew up in L.A. in the '80s, and the Lakers were the biggest thing to ever hit the world at that time.

You've got to use your celebrity for good stuff, not evil. I think it's lame when people act as if they're better than everyone!

I don't feel like I'm very pop-star lame, but I'm definitely not hipster-cool.

Not all the actors get a chance to leave a landmark.

I still get excited about meeting celebrities, because I don't think I'm a celebrity myself.

I went to one AA meeting and I got asked for an autograph.

I'm really fortunate that I've had some mega hits.

It is the melancholy fate of all young legends to becoming better known for the things they did to exploit fame than the things that made them famous in the first place.

You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'

I can say without melodrama or malice that Hollywood ruined my life.

If you can write a catchy melody and a song that captures people around the world, what better thing to do? Other than 'Let Her Go,' I haven't managed to do that. And that's fine by me.

I'm not driven by fame or success. I'm quite a shy, introverted person, and I could easily melt away into the background.

Not everything looks great on Google. Megan's meltdown on Celebrity Big Brother' is not great. A classic - but I'm embarrassed by it.

It is a very humbling honor to be selected as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

I don't really care much about being a meme. That's not what I want to be known for, as being a meme from 2016. That's not what I'm here for.

I am so happy to be a meme.

Sometimes memorable music doesn't necessarily have to be a hit.