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You want to live your own life, but when you have fame, there are certain things you can't get away with.

Fame is not a natural condition for human beings.

Fame for fame's sake is never a good road to go down.

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 is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.

Is fame without purpose and is fame without talent really where we are now? People used to be famous for what they did. Now, they're just famous.

Fame is hollow. It amplifies what is there. If there is any self-doubt, or hatred, or lack of ability to connect with people, fame will magnify it.

A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.

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.

What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.