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"Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it."

Jo Stafford, American Musician

Fame,

"Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Fame, Honor, Man

"Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy."

Erika Slezak, American Actress

Fame, Fortune, Nothing

"I've always been famous, it's just no one knew it yet."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Fame, Illusion, Identity, Perception

"I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in."

Nancy Sinatra, American Musician

Fame,

"It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it."

Jane Badler, American Actress

Fame, Taste

"All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved."

Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist

Fame, Greatness, Want, Youth

"A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity."

Edward Tufte, American Educator

Fame, Celebrity

"At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

Fame, First

"It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill."

Kelsey Grammer, American Actor

Fame,

Explore more quotes by Roger McGuinn

"Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff."

Experience, Artists, Help, Now

"Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that."

Work,

"Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as a janitor assistant. I bought brand new. I still have that."

Money, First, Martin

"The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957."

First, Guitar

"Once I've written a song, I sometimes refine them."

Music, Song

"I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich Village."

Sound,

"But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there."

Imagination, People, Folk, Old

"Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame."

Fame, Guitar

"I play a couple basic folks songs and break them down. I did that on a six string. I can't recall all the songs on it. There's some finger picking on it."

Play, Songs