Quotes About Popularity

My definition of an American Idol is someone who is a great talent and who communicates well with the audience

Joe understood that Pindar had emphasized the word "experience" for a reason. It was not the hot dogs but the person serving the hot dogs that had vaulted the young man to such popularity. Not the dining—the dining experience. Ernesto had made buying a hot dog into an unforgettable event.

What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.

We've been really lucky. We've gotten a lot of airplay over the years. I guess people keep requesting our songs on the radio, because Lord knows I don't do a whole lot to promote myself.

Elvis's fame happened to him—not entirely unbidden, but in proportions he had not imagined or sought. He was a dreamer, aspiring to stardom. He wanted to be big.

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

The man who is known, and has the confidence of the public, can, if he does not allow himself to be fooled by his own popularity, accomplish a great deal more, perform a much greater public service, than the man whose name is unknown.

Fame is a bitch, man.

Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen

Adult suburbia can be a lot like high school.

I tweeted once that I was jealous of bands like All Time Low 'cause they get so many bras thrown at them. So, now fans throw bras with messages written in them.

'Tom Sawyer' could have been written eight months ago, with the kind of response it still gets.

As any student of literature knows, the books that last are often not the books that are most popular when they are written. Both 'Moby Dick' and 'The Great Gatsby' were complete failures, critically and commercially, when they first appeared.

Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck.

I really can't make no wrong moves out here, because just as quick as you can get people to love you, you can get people to hate you.

If everybody loves you, you must be doing something wrong. It means there's no button being pushed... The only way that everybody loves you is toward the end of your career.

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.

I feel very awkward about receiving attention for the wrong reasons.

I don't want this to come out the wrong way, but in the '60s and '70s, I don't know anybody who was known around the world like I was.

I did write a lot of TV themes - I wrote about 45 of them, and a couple of which are still reference and popular today, like 'Diff'rent Strokes' and 'Facts of Life.' But I was a limited musician.

When I wrote my first blog, I got one response. Now, I sometimes get as many as 400 responses for my posts.

I wrote all the lyrics on 'Good Vibrations' and most of them in 'Kokomo.' 'Kokomo' was extremely popular and fun to sing - it's probably one of the bigger sing-along songs in our show. But then 'Help Me Rhonda,' 'Surfin' USA' and 'California Girls' and 'I Get Around' and 'Fun, Fun, Fun' are great songs as well.

I first got to know Charles in the late seventies when I wrote an article and then a book about him and I think at the time he came across as quite appealing, it was probably the height of his popularity.

I think WWE is a great.