Quotes About Popularity

When I was in high school, I wasn't really popular. I was picked on a lot. And then I did a talent show, and kids started to tell me that I did a good job. It was the first time that my peers told me that they liked what I was doing. Something clicked, and I knew that this is what I wanted to do.

I'm not one of these people that needs to feel loved. I don't need to see my picture everywhere.

I have parents come up to me and say, 'I don't know who you are, but my kid wants his picture taken with you.'

I kind of have to take pieces of myself to fit what it is that radio wants.

It was different to what everyone else was doing. It was very hard to pigeonhole The Cranberries. And we were just huge; it was just sensational.

'Pretty In Pink' was a huge hit for me.

If you go to my shows, 90 percent of my fans are females between the ages of eleven and eighteen. People look at me like a living mannequin; all of these girls want pink hair. They want the cool makeup and contact lenses and cool clothes.

I think being a Pink Lady, for me, meant that I was in the 'In Crowd.' I was one of the cooler kids.

I don't know when pink is going to come back in style.

I'd love to reach the pinnacle where you just can't wait to get the new album by Craig David.

I went to the darts, went to the football, had a little pint, no airs and graces. I think that's why I had the fan base I had.

The biggest problem almost all comics face is not piracy or demographics or any of that nonsense: it's obscurity.

If you're a publisher and you forbid deep linking into your site, or have a paid wall or registration requirement, then you're making it hard to 'point to' your content. When no one points to your content, your content is harder to find because search uses links as a proxy for popularity.

If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it.

I'm over being a pop star. I don't wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I've accomplished a lot. I feel like I'm highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.

I wanna hear myself everywhere.

Celebrity is a word that I find offensive. That's the c-word. I hate it. It means no discernible talent. It means all you want is to be famous. It doesn't mean you're a writer, an actor, a mime. I think I wanna not be a celebrity.

It's just weird because I can't believe that all those people wanna come see me. Like, there's so many. So, it's just crazy to think about, but it's also really awesome.

People love to be U.K. music advocates but they don't wanna give other types of music a chance so it can be as popular as this one sound.

I wanna be the biggest pop group on the planet.

If you wanna be famous, then it's okay if the music is fake, because fame isn't real.

I wanna cover more ground, get a bigger fan base.

We just wanna see where we stand at right now with our fans.

I think Justin Bieber and Zayn have both been listening to me a lot, and they basically wanna be me.