Quotes About Fame

Of course, 'I Will Always Love You' is the biggest song so far in my career. I'm famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart.

When you enter the realm of politics, you don't enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song.

I knew 'Ojuelegba' was a good song, but I didn't expect it to blow up the way that it did.

It's such a cycle. You'll see a rapper drop a song, and next thing you know, he's gone.

When I sang in 'Aashiq Banaya Aapne,' I never imagined the song would be such a rage.

When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!'

My career was really odd, because I literally had a greatest hits album out and nobody knew who I was. They knew the songs, but they didn't know me.

Generally a heroine appears in a couple of songs in skimpy costumes and disappears. I am fortunate to do such a lengthy role in 'Dhanam.'

Even after I had recorded a few songs, people would say that they didn't know me. It would hurt at times but now, I have learnt to live in the present.

I don't want to be 35 years old and still popping out songs in miniskirts and la-la-la.

I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took me a long time to appreciate that.

When you're a songwriter, you don't have control over which songs get heard and which ones don't.

I can remember - barely - when Elton John was still a good songwriter, or at least capable of writing good songs.

I only wanted to be a songwriter. I never wanted to be a singer. And I never wanted to be famous.

I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity.

I am one of the biggest Laura Nyro fans. I still listen to that stuff incessantly. Laura Nyro does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Songwriter Hall of Fame? Absolutely.

A lot of people think I came out of nowhere. When you start as a songwriter, nobody knows who you are. I met the guy who wrote 'Yeah' by Usher, which was a huge smash, and nobody knew who he was.

People are familiar with my songs, especially through Eric Clapton. But I have a hard time drawing a crowd, because I have been a songwriter.

Before the Beatles, songwriters were very anonymous people and nobody paid any attention to them.

Bands can become absolutely huge and actually be pretty terrible musicians, and bands can be the most amazing songwriters and musicians in the world and never play for more than 10 people. With that in mind, getting successful doesn't mean anything.

I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jimmy Page gave me the MOJO Maverick award. I got an Ivor Novella Award for my very first song.

The Songwriters Hall of fame, that's the one all the big-time writers get into, the really great stuff, the Broadway stuff and all that. That would be something, to get your name in there.

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

I sing and play guitar, but songwriting is how I pay my rent. And so I didn't really need a lot of publicity to get people to record the songs.