Quotes About Popularity

When I used to play nightclubs, you had to play Top 40 or favorite oldies that maybe people could relate to.

I also don't have a desire to be on the A-list. I feel more people can relate to the D-list than the A-list.

I don't like the idea that fame could mean that people can no longer relate to me.

I feel more people can relate to the D-list than the A-list.

I think the success of a film is very important to an actor. It depends on how many people go to watch your movies; the more the merrier. Nobody wants to do a film for five people. You work so hard that millions of people watch the movie; this is directly related to box office success.

It's how you define yourself. It's not Nirvana or Pearl Jam: it's, 'Do you watch 'Portlandia' or 'Amy Schumer'?' It relates to a specific sense of humor. And, 'Do you know the hidden gems?' Like, if you knew the Pixies in the '80s.

Popular music was this abstraction - an abstraction that I was relating to immensely but was ultimately far away.

Fame is a fickle thing that only lasts as long as you can be out there offering yourself to the public. And as soon as you relax for five minutes, they're gone, you know, and they're following somebody else.

'Lost Girl' has just proven to be one of those shows that people enjoy watching. It has an alchemy about it. It's an escape or a release for people, and that's the best we can hope for.

Bad Bunny and I aren't brothers, but we have a good relationship. We compete. We'll compete until the day we die, because he says he's the best, and I say I'm the best. When he releases something big, I have to release something bigger.

I didn't feel like I fitted in. I felt like I was a hindrance to A-ha.

In hindsight, I think my manager and I both knew that 'Someone You Loved' was a special song that we had to put out. But no one was expecting it to do so well.

MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.

I think there are a lot of shows out there that value being hip or cool over being funny and heartfelt.

I thought TV fame was hip... well, that was because I hadn't experienced rock star fame yet.

It was not hip for people to like us, because their little sister liked us.

At a certain point, I got into the older, cooler crowd, and they listened to hip-hop. I was desperately trying to fit in.

There'll probably be moments in my life where it seems that people will want to camp out on my doorstep, and moments when no one wants to hire me and couldn't be less interested. I've been around the circus, and it'll come and go.

Getting hit on by both genders is such a champagne problem.

One U.S. hit single and a hit T Shirt in 1985 does not a celebrity make.

You ever get that feeling that you just have too many hits?

'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.

And no, having the hits is just more work.

A lot of my die-hard fans think I have a lot of hits, but I don't.