Lucien Smith Quotes

If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance.

I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your dream.

Women like signs of money and education - things that indicate that not only is this guy going to have some resources, but he's also willing to share them.

It's seen as dirty to be ambitious. What if U2 weren't ambitious? We wouldn't have that gift we have from them.

I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.

I've got something to live for, because I always wanted to be an artist; I always wanted to be famous.

I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.

I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of your screenplay, in your head, you're also writing your Oscar acceptance speech.

I wouldn't have a No. 1 record or song if I wasn't a hardworking person.

I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song.

I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want.

There is more opportunity for a nobody to become a somebody in Washington than in the whirl-pool of New York.

Hope is a key ingredient in what drives creativity - the hope of bringing to life what exists in the imagination, of transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary - so it's completely logical that Hollywood is the entertainment capital of the world. It's full of people bursting with the desire to make the world laugh, cry, think.

I think sometimes when you want attention, you can wear sunglasses, and people are like, 'Who is that?'

I think that people in their 20s actually aren't given enough credit for their ambition.

Going unnoticed has never been my strong suit.

Fame is a thing that happens when you do something you love - nobody wants to be famous for the wrong reasons. It's not my goal, but if being more famous means I can get more music out, that's cool.

My medium is music, but my goal is to motivate people to dream.

I didn't come into the music business to make money. I came into it to be a success. Of course, if you're successful, you'll earn money and I was happy to receive it.

My goal was never to be the best. I always wanted to make my money, and, of course, I always wanted to win my fight. Because if you keep winning, people got to say 'yeah, he is the best middleweight.' But to be honest I don't care.

I see all these professional photographers out at the racetrack, and there's all these people across the world, taking really cool pictures and you're like, 'Man, I want to create that!' I had that mindset when I first grabbed a camera.

If you got the talent and the drive, there are ways to get noticed.

I've never wanted to be your average Joe. I've always wanted to stand out from the crowd - to be someone looked at and admired, and scrutinised. I'd much rather be scrutinised or criticised than have no one look at me at all.

Every creativity has a motive. Either one does it for money, for fame, or for passion. My energies go out for passion.

I love playing in the spotlight... I feel like that's motivation for everyone.