Phil Anselmo Quotes

Image has become everything.

It's kinda all about image.

The phenomenon of fame is literally invisible, but it influences and dominates your life if you aren't careful.

I was stuck with the dark glasses. They took all these pictures that went around the world. I guess once you become successful, you don't want to change anything too drastically.

Image means a lot. It is everything in the business that we are in.

Popularity means people think they know you.

The image you project, in many circumstances, is far more valuable than your skills or your record of past accomplishments.

I just kind of wanted to do something where you don't just see 'Kardashian' everywhere.

Control the public's perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent.

Image plays a huge part in my music and in my lifestyle.

Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.

Fame changes everything. When you're well-known, you're expected to be different. Some people assume you must have a yacht and four homes. Or that you're famous because you are 'A Decent Man'.

I think I have just always had an awareness that when you go to a premiere and people start cheering and shouting your name and stuff, they are shouting at a perception of you that they have.

People who don't know me, how will they know what I am really like? They will only see me on the field, only see me in an advertisement. People who know what kind of a guy I am will tell you I'm a very open person.

All the people know Tomba, but not the real Alberto.

The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you - and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.

Reputation is a timely subject, now that nobody has one.

Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.

When you're reaching out to people beyond the scientific community, image does matter.

People always brand me as this person who is anti-Brady, and I don't think that I ever have been, except that occasionally I would like to talk about something else that I'm doing.

Modelling is no better or worse than many other professions, but it is more obvious, more accessible.

People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be.

You never get to pick how you get pinned and how people perceive you.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

I suppose my look, the way I play - you combine all that sort of stuff and that makes people interested in what I actually do. So then, when off-the-field stuff happens... I suppose it's one of those cocktail mixes.