Quotes About Popularity

I was here all the time doing good films like 'Yeh Tera Ghar Yeh Mera Ghar,' 'Kurukshetra' and 'Khiladi 420' but since they weren't solid hits, people didn't talk about them much.

It's like, on my solo stuff, every single person who buys the record, gets it. On the other stuff, the masses... when you have a hit on the radio, not everyone's going to get it. They are going to buy it for the hit.

I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at one point.

The 'Frampton' album sold better than all of the other solo records that I'd had, put together. It was over 300,000 copies, so that was a good signal that we were poised for my first gold record.

When I meet people, a lot of people know me from different things whether it be when I was in the group or my solo stuff or 'You Got Served' or movies, it's really interesting that that film is a part of history. That's nuts.

When you create something that is popular, when you create a solution, you're an innovator, and you solve problems for people and they like what you have to offer, of course you automatically make money.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

Some people only recognize me for that - ain't you the meme guy?

I'm like a famous person to some people, not to everybody. I want to be big.

Some people don't care why they are famous; they just want to be famous, and that makes my skin crawl a bit.

Give me a celebrity, I'll give you your haters. Some people shine, and some people don't like when they shine. Ask Barack Obama - he'll tell you.

There are so many people in the world and not everybody knows who I am, some people do, but I just don't think a lot of people know who I am.

Some people will say Nintendo's games are for children. But our goal is to boost the population of gamers by making games for all ages.

Of course, we wore silly outfits, the pictures were corny, and some people still focus on that. But ABBA wasn't a big intellectual thing. We were a pop group.

I think finally good writing gets out there, and people like it, and bad writing doesn't. Well, no. Bad writing does get out there 'cause some people like it.

At a certain point he was very popular, from THE RAVEN. He was never fully appreciated, never made the money, and you know he was looked upon with admiration by some people, but also as an oddball. But that was his point.

I've been blessed. Every few years, I'll connect with somebody and put out a record with somebody that keeps me relevant.

Someday we may have as many followers as the harpsichord.

I didn't grow up thinking to myself, 'Someday, if I play all my cards right, I can end up in a public institution with a lower approval rating than attorneys.'

Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more.

A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well.

There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books.

It's fun seeing my label on someone's behind - I like that.

Abolish music prejudices. Form opinions and love music for itself, not its genre, performer(s) or popularity status.