Michael Rapino Quotes

You can tell when you're in a hit.

Oh, well, I'd like to have commercial success. I guess.

Being on the Hot 100 is absolutely amazing.

It's lovely being in a hit.

It's very satisfying when you see your song at the top of the charts.

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

All fame ever does for you is get attention for the work you really want to do.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

I have the stardom glow.

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

I'm still proud of what I've done, even if it hasn't been the biggest song on the radio or hasn't gone to number one.

Just because you've got a hit doesn't mean you've made it.

Fame and success are very different things.

I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.

Any part that makes you world famous has got to be a blessing, hasn't it?

It feels great to have a #1 album.

I don't think you can decide how famous or not you become.

I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

Applause waits on success.

It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point.

I know I will never have a hit single in America.

You know, you want to be a success. You want people to know who you are.

Fame creeps up on you.

In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it.