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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."
"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."
"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."
"If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are."
"The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming."
"Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said."
"I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be."
Explore more quotes by Lesley Garrett
"Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to."
"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."
"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."
"Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?"
"I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses."
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