“Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.”

“King Crimson were the only really famous band I'd been in.”

“My buildings are more famous than me.”

“I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level.”

“You know, I think Jesus was famous and also in a lot of trouble because he always chose people over sort of established procedures.”

“I've learned to stay away from publicity addicts, people who want to be famous for no reason.”

“They can gas me, but I am famous. I have achieved in one day what it took Robert Kennedy all his life to do.”

“I never pursued being 'famous.'”

“You can be famous for a lot of things. You can be a Nobel-prize winner. You can be the fattest guy in the world.”

“I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to their work or actions, but it feels like I knew I was going to be famous and I knew that an element of that would be traumatic, so that if I could make myself something big and otherworldly, it would be a kind of defence.”

“My discrepancy with children in the industry is that they are made famous before they know who they are as human beings.”

“I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer.”

“I thought that somehow your life would be much different when you're famous... and it's not. You just buy more stuff.”

“The only reason I became the singer in the band is because I sang the best. It wasn't out of some desire to be a star or be a famous singer. It's not like I love interviews.”

“All my life, it's been the same with men. Being a woman who is famous and adored by men is very hard for any boyfriend to handle. All my boyfriends end up insecure.”

“Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?”

“Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.”

“I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert he was like a second father.”

“Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.”

“Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30.”

“I want to be famous everywhere.”