Ryan Adams Quotes

I don't want to be famous for being famous.

I'm not into fame and ego.

I've been lucky in the sense that I haven't become famous.

I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.

Everybody wants their fame. They long for it, and I think they don't much care how they get it - to attract attention to themselves.

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

My name is real, which probably explains why I never became a superstar... how would that look in lights?

If you wanna be famous, then it's okay if the music is fake, because fame isn't real.

I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.

I never wanted fame.

Fame is a by-product which you have to deal with in a sensible way. To believe that it is anything more significant than that is deeply self-deceptive.

If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase, and the approbation of my dog would forsake me then. My barefoot rank is better.

You have to have a certain persona to be a star, you know, and I don't have that. I'm a banana.

Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it.

People want their 15 minutes and are willing to do anything to get it.

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous.

I always think that if you know somebody's name then there's something slightly fraudulent about that person. Otherwise we wouldn't have heard of him or her.

The only thing about my life that's really changed is the fact that a lot of people know me now. I'm still the same person.

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.

I don't really understand why people are so interested in me, personally. I'm just a curator. I'm just telling people things I think are cool.

I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on 'Big Brother.'

We never set out to be superstars.

I'm probably the least famous of any guy who's worked as much as I have.

There's a difference between fame and fame for fame's sake.