To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.
Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion.
Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.
Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the least likely to find it.
Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.
Fame obviously has become a premium in everybody's life. Everybody thinks they deserve it, everybody thinks they want it and most people really don't enjoy it once they get it.
Fame was never something I was seeking in my artistic journey. It's to be used as a tool for an artist to break open doors and keep creating. That's how I enjoyed fame in '74; it was not just for the emptiness of being famous.
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 makes me feel wanted and loved, anybody wants that.