Bart Millard Quotes

Once you enter the public's eye, you have to be aware that you give up a huge part of your own life.

I feel fame shouldn't necessarily get me going, but I understand it is part of the job. Sometimes, it is inconvenient and unnecessarily imposing in your personal life.

My life is going to continue to be public, and I just accept that.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

I owe 90 per cent of my life to people because I am a public figure, but 10 per cent is private to me. And I am not saying it in a defensive way. I feel my life has been made into a TV serial.

Fame is very much a double-edged sword.

Fame looks like a really hairy affair. But if it's part of the job, I'll figure out a way to deal with it.

It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult for a private person like myself.

In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.

Would I want Johnny Depp's career? Sure! But do I want all the trappings and all the stuff that comes with that? I don't know. It's a pretty serious trade off. Can you prevent it? Probably not.

I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life.

Celebrity damages private life.

The truth is, I suppose I am now public property; and a public inn is the place where people can have access to me.

I appreciate my music is famous, but I'd rather my face wasn't so that I can just live a normal life.

I was born into the limelight. So, my biggest achievement, which I worked hard for, is to stay normal.

I don't think of myself as a very famous person, but the modicum of celebrity that I've had has not been a positive experience for me at all.

People get caught up in asking whether Americans should be going here or there. What it boils down to is the call of the Lord. If the Lord has called you to a specific area, that's where you are going to see the fruit.

I almost never get recognised in the street.

I've never had a very great public life.

People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, 'Where have you been?' The second comment they make is always, 'Oh, you've grown up.'

I think fame is harder when people have something to hide, but I'm very comfortable, and have nothing to hide.

I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become.

I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football.

I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.

My goodness, my hair's been talked about by a million people, you know? It sort of goes with the territory.