Quotes About Fame

I do see things that are funny on the net. I Googled myself the other day and found out that I was worth $250m, and that I was the highest-paid guy in show business! I wish so hard it was true. It is, of course, the complete opposite. I'm neither rich nor do I make a lot of money.

I've been on 'Oprah' a dozen times, and cried once.

I got the famous Oprah hug!

I want to go to dinner with Oprah! Who doesn't?

I would love to be on Oprah or Larry King.

The difference between Oprah Winfrey and me is about $200 million.

Growing up, I always considered the Grand Ole Opry to be hallowed ground.

Growing up, the Opry was my Hollywood.

It was and still is the greatest highlight of my career, being a member of the Opry.

It's cool to hear my songs on the radio. But for me, that's just a way to get more people to have the option of choosing my music.

If Lady Gaga is like an orange Bugatti Veyron, then I am like a black 1970 Chevelle.

The Righteous Brothers got so heavy because of the dramatic hit records like 'Lovin' Feelin.' Bobby and I just felt like we were a couple of Orange County guys who were just having a great time singing rock n' roll, and then, boy, it became something else.

I wasn't born, I was ordered from room service.

What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?

I always thought that one day I would be somebody. I would be successful in music, and I would have fans that cared about my music. At the same time, I really feel like an ordinary guy; I have been an ordinary guy forever.

There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

I was once asked by Jeremy Paxman what is it about celebrity and said that people these days seem to think a celebrity is someone who has escaped the constraints of ordinary people: that they don't have the same kind of problems, almost as if they're classical gods.

Of course the rich and famous tend to have more going on in their lives than ordinary people, but they aren't always willing to tell the interesting bits.

PR only works for big names, because they've already achieved something. If you're talking about an ordinary person, what would your PR machinery do where there's no product in the machine?

I'm not that big a celebrity. I'm just an ordinary person.

When the camera is on, I am an actor; otherwise, I am an ordinary person.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not a public democratic organization; it's a private club basically. It's like a private golf club and they decide who they're going to let in the club.

I appreciate the idea that anybody would think of me as a star. But I'm really not career oriented in the sense that I want to be a star. It's not in me. It's not what I do. In fact, I'm amazed that I've even gotten this far.

I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I was working, my friends were all adults. I had a tough time going to different schools because people knew me from films and I was the fat child who got beaten up every day.