Quotes About Fame

It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.

When famous people come up to you it's a bit weird, but it's an honour, really, when they recognise you and want to chat to you for a bit.

It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.

Be a famous musician. Be a famous act or. Be a famous write r. Be a famous basketball player. Be famous.

The thing I like least about being famous is being overly scrutinized for everything I say and do.

Being famous is just like being in high school. But, I'm not interested in being the cheerleader. I'm not interested in being Gwen Stefani. She's the cheerleader, and I'm out in the smoker shed.

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.

This sounds crazy, but I know so many famous people, I'm just not intimidated by anyone. I feel really comfortable with it.

And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.

At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.

I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.

I had a very erratic career. I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know?

You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous.

Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap.

It's definitely important to stay true to yourself and stay close to those people who you were close to before [becoming famous]. Family, your friends, and just not let that outside stuff get to you.

There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too

The best thing about being famous is that it makes it easier to get laid.

Being humble is cooler than being famous.

After becoming famous once again - a 1976 song, "Hurricane," even marked a return to protest songwriting - [Bob] Dylan got addicted to drugs, found Jesus, left Jesus, and put out a lot of swill.

I actually can't think of anything worse than being famous... Fame really distorts your perception of yourself.

I want to be famous so I can be humble about being famous. What good is my humility when I am stuck in this obscurity?

I spent my first 50 years trying to become known as a writer and the next 30 trying to avoid being famous. I walk down the street or go to a football game and people shout, 'Hey Andy'. I hate that.