Fame Longevity Quotes

I'm amazed that years after I stopped playing tennis, people still recognize me in restaurants and ask for my autograph.

When I say I don't have to write pop songs anymore, there's no way I'm going to get on the radio at 60 years of age unless I'm doing a duet with Gaga or I was on 'All of the Lights,' which was a Kanye West record that managed to get on the radio.

People who are interested with me have for sure gotten older over the years, for example, grandparents are coming up to me telling me they grew up watching me.

People seem to think that I'm not aware of how people perceive me. But I'm the one that has to talk about 'Police Academy' all day long 27 years later. I'm totally aware of it.

I think that it's going to be interesting to see where Beyonce's career goes.

Enduring fame is promised only to those writers who can offer to successive generations a substance constantly renewed; for every generation arrives upon the scene with its own particular hunger.

Shangela and I are both the type of queens who will taffy-pull 15 minutes of fame into something solid.

You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.

Listen, the Latin people, I love the Latin people. They are so loyal to you. Even if you haven't been on TV for thirty years, they still love you. And they cherish you and give you respect. You're not fast food in the Latin market.

It's going to be really weird when I'm 80 years old, in a walker, and people are still calling me America's sweetheart. We need a new one.

The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

Entertaining and being onstage is such a rush; it's amazing... and I just hope that it can last, and last for a long time.

I am not trying to model my career to be a one-hit wonder.

People who grew up as child stars have the same thing in common. You're cute, they love you; you go through the awkward stage, they don't accept you any more. Very few make the transition to adult star.

If you're famous for being famous, that's usually a four-year career.

What does surprise me, though, is the amount of attention this band [Guns'n'Roses] has garnered 11 years after the original lineup broke up. That's an interesting phenomenon. It was even interesting back in the day. I mean, [we were] this glorified garage band. It was a great band, but it was not the kind of band you expected to become what it has.

I don't want to be 45 years old and have been a hot actor when I was 33 and have people going, 'Whatever happened to Fishburne?'

Music is timeless, so I want to give people shows they'll never forget so that I can do this forever.

If you have to be a one-hit wonder, then 'San Francisco' is the one to have.

I don't want to just have 15 minutes of fame. I want it to last.

People can forget about you so quickly and that's not what I want. I want to keep people talking because at the end of the day that's what is going to get you paid. People have to want to care to watch you fight and you have to be relevant.

I'm just honored that people still like us and people are still nice to me.

I think it's real easy to be famous these days; it's not real easy to sustain success.

I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.