Keith Moon Quotes

I know what that tastes like, to be a rock-and-roll star - to have a limousine, to have girls screaming when they see you, girls trying to cut my hair, get a piece of me. But I don't walk around with a concept of myself as a rock-and-roll star, and certainly not as a musician, because I really can't play anything, except primitively.

I loved being a rock and roll star, but it wasn't what I wanted in life.

Well, I don't like the word 'rock star,' the two words, 'rock star.' Not even 'soft rock star. Not even limestone star. I don't like those words.

Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess.

I might even end up a rock and roll god, it might turn into a steady job.

I wanted to be a singer forever. But it's not really my cup of tea. Having the whole world know who you are.

I'm not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say leave me alone, I'm not a rock star. I'm not in it for the fame, I'm in it because I like to play.

Now I realize that from '72 through to about '76, I was the ultimate rock star. I couldn't have been more rock star.

Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman.

I wouldn't know Robbie Williams if I fell over him.

Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.

I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to be a frontman. I just wanted to be back there and still be a rock and roll star at the same time.

I remember Robert Plant coming backstage after the first show saying, 'Hey, boys, I should be opening for you.' That felt pretty good.

If it were just a dream to be famous, then I probably would have died a really quick death, because there is nothing about me that equals fame. I'm not a standup comedian. I don't sing.

You can't buy being a rock star.

Part of being a pop star is image. I'm told by many of my female fans that I was the poster on their bedroom walls. But if I only had that - the image and the beauty and the curly locks - I would have been a 'normal' pop star, one who comes and goes after one hit record.

I don't like the term 'rock star.'

I am getting all this fame, but I don't absolutely know what I should rap about.

'Famous' is a very weird word. I feel like - I feel like that's definitely not me.

You don't become a rock star for no reason.

Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards.

Trevor Horn has worked with some of the biggest stars there is. And he was happy to do a record with me. He's worked with some amazing people, and then there's little old me walking in.

Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true.

I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't.

I'm so famous, people expect me to sell as many records as Celine Dion or Puff Daddy.