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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."
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"A model's opinion seldom matters. The only time that he is required to open his mouth is when he is required to smile at the camera."
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"Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud."
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"And it's great to have all these readers and fans who, for the most part, are very nice people, saying they love the books and the TV show. But there are so many of them and it just doesn't end. Oh, and 'selfies'! If I could clap my hands and burn out every camera phone in the world, I swear I'd do it!"
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"If you see my fifteen minutes of fame let me know I've been searching for it for years."
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"Don't rush to rise to fame, lest you will be lashed in shame."
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"Too much fame, money or alcohol can make you stupid."
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"I awoke one morning and found myself famous."
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"Fame is like drifting clouds, transient and ephemeral. Memory is forever."
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"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."
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"I do hope that our spring will be starting shortly and we will all be able to enjoy some sunshine again."
Hope
"To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home."
Home
"I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time."
Time
"I don't just come from a musical family, but from a musical community."
Family
"I wouldn't want to criticise someone like Charlotte Church because she has done fantastically well, but personally I've always cared about the long term."
Church
"There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career."
Success
"I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now."
Now
"Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices."
Business
"What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present is elite, it is the best and all of us as artists should be committed to that."
Music
"As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was always a great way to get more of the public to connect with classical music, and opera particularly."
Music
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