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"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."
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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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"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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"Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said."
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"Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name's chances of being remembered until Jesus comes back, since their heart cannot do what they consciously or unconsciously lust for, that is to say, for it to beat until Jesus returns."
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"Though you can get smart from reading everything that a smart person writes, you cannot get famous from reading about everything that a famous person does or is said to have done."
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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 is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity."
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"Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known."
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"I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star."
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"I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band."
Music
"I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything."
Change
"Because Ritchie Valens WAS the real deal. He was only starting, but in the time he spent in the business, he made big impact. I don't know if anybody could have made a bigger one."
Time
"You know, I feel sorry for the young artists."
Artist
"But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don't know... I don't believe in reincarnation at all, but if all that stuff is true, then he might have been on his last time around."
Time
"So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be."
Popular
"We did an album one time called White Mansions, about the civil war, but it was written by a guy from England. His looking at it from over there and it not being a part of his history made it so he could be objective."
History
"Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does."
Fame
"Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records."
Management
"It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time."
Time
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