Quotes About Popularity

I wouldn't know how I would have coped with The Beatles' sort of fame.

I don't need the fame right now; I'm not running from the law.

The real bummer of fame is that at some point you're bound to get demoted.

I always wanted it, the fame. When it come, I didn't want to let it go.

I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.

Really, I think of fame as distracting; it's something you have to get around.

I have Internet fame. Real fame is more intense.

I think fame can come and go.

My fame is due to broadcast television.

We like songs that are familiar.

The players get no respect around here. They give you money, that's it, not respect. We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here.

Every kid who just played basketball knew about the Boston Celtics. They're one of the few teams who were always on national TV along with the Lakers.

I was captain of the soccer and basketball teams in high school, and I was the equivalent of class president.

That happens to everybody who rises up in stature: They build you up and then they start trying to tear you down.

Of course, nobody's tearing my door down. If you're successful you're going to intimidate and scare off the people you'd like to spend time with. They're not going to approach you. And the ones who do are often there because you are a celebrity.

I never wanted to do anything but get into show biz. But believe me, success didn't come overnight. And I shed a lot of tears - like in school, when all the other kids in class made fun of me. They just hated me because I could sing and dance.

Once my ears were open to hearing mentions of 'Shark Tank', I was surprised by how many people in our world, even in our industry, tech and finance, loved the show.

We've always been fans of groups like Little Feat, Steely Dan, the Eagles, or Dire Straits that have that quality. Bands that sometimes are perceived as not the 'cool' band, because they're so good in a technical sense.

It doesn't matter how good you are, it's about connecting with your audience. It doesn't matter how technically good you are, if nobody wants to watch you then you're no good to anybody.

For the self-conscious or insecure girl, technology can become a crippling addiction, an insatiable hunger not just for connection but the elusive promise of being liked by everyone.

I'm not cool enough to hang out with any rock stars. Jay-Z doesn't come over to my house. I don't hang out with Ted Nugent.

We thought 'Father Ted' was destined to be obscure late-night Channel 4 fodder and then it works and you don't really know why.

I love the love that you see for 'Ted Lasso,' but there's also, I think, a kind of simplification of the show. Particularly from people who haven't seen it and are only aware of the hype and probably get annoyed with it.

I became a teen idol. At the time, it embarrassed me.