"I've been through this fame thing before, when the band was big in '80, '81."

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"People keep telling me that I'm a legend in Merthyr and a legend in many other places. Here's my understanding on that, what's a legend? I don't really know what a legend is, I don't even know the word. I'm not a King Arthur reincarnate either. I might be one of the Round Table, but I'm not King Arthur."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Fame, Legend, Meaning, Identity

"Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Fame, Writer

"Don't rush to rise to fame, lest you will be lashed in shame."

Bernard Kelvin Clive, Ghanaian Author

Fame, Shame, Success, Humility

"Too much fame, money or alcohol can make you stupid."

Jeffrey Fry, American Author

Fame, Excess, Money, Alcohol

"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Fame, Fire, May, Will

"Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Fame, Misunderstanding, Reputation, Name

"Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Fame, Misunderstanding, Name, Life

"I am your number one fan."

Stephen King, American Author

Fame, Obsession, Power, Love, Emotion

"Fame is neither something to value nor to view as a threat."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Fame, Values, Threat, Power

"The glory of fame isn't in having so many people know you, but in having so many people know you care. Otherwise, it's like being drawn to a fire to find no warmth."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Fame, Truth, Happiness, Inspirational, Wisdom

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"If someone who knows what's going on comes up and says they liked the music, I appreciate that."

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"Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud."

"Don't rush to rise to fame, lest you will be lashed in shame."

"Too much fame, money or alcohol can make you stupid."

"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."

"Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name."

"Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name."

"I am your number one fan."

"Fame is neither something to value nor to view as a threat."

"The glory of fame isn't in having so many people know you, but in having so many people know you care. Otherwise, it's like being drawn to a fire to find no warmth."

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"I guess I just want everything to be available immediately."

"But, you know, I'd be happy just making music."

"I play music, I paint - these things come from your depths."

"If someone who knows what's going on comes up and says they liked the music, I appreciate that."

"I'd always maintained an image so that people wouldn't approach me."

"Acting scares me."

"I've been through this fame thing before, when the band was big in '80, '81."