Fame means when your computer modem is broken, the repair guy comes out to your house a little faster.
Fame should be left to the film stars.
I have a wonderful family: My parents are churchgoing, salt-of-the-earth Southern people. They gave me a lot of love and are so unaffected by fame.
I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used to it, too. It's exciting.
Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!
I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I've been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don't get a chance to be heard.
I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't.
Fame is a curse... it was the worst phase of my life, which I thank God I'll never have to go through again.
Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
Every day, I work at not taking this fame thing seriously. Fortunately, I have a great group of friends who help me do this.
All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.
At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame - but you shouldn't take it for granted.
I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.
Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.
There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything.
I meet people who are famous, and it's made me realise that fame has huge lifestyle disadvantages. I'm nervous about that. I don't want to become a celebrity.
Dealing with the fame and going from nothing and becoming something where everyone wants a piece of you, your life changes in a day.
My friends are all really nice about my fame, they're just curious really, they ask lots of questions.
Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.
Al Kaline bought a tee and a ball and swung at it all winter. Look where it got him: the Hall of Fame.
Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?
