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"I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great."
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"It was I who made Fellini famous, not the other way around."
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"Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly."
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"Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?"
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"I'd definitely rather be rich than famous."
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"They were all famous and fantastic fellows."
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"Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else."
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"I certainly don't want a child of mine to be famous, or anyone I was very close to who isn't yet... It's the worst thing to be trapped in your house not be able to leave."
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"If you ever get rich and famous, by definition you are special. You have done something special, and therefore you start to behave special. Then if the floor drops out, and you become down and out, you have a really new perspective."
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"I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated."
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"What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man."
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"Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal."
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"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."
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"I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great."
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"I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing."
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"What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room."
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"The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done."
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"There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities."
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"There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, "If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.""
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"Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine."
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