Kerli Quotes

The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.

My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be famous for the sake of having fame.

It's not like I think: 'By the age of 40 I've got to be an international household name.' When the opportunity to perform comes up, then I'll take it. It's really good fun. But because I don't crave the attention or the buzz, it's not like I'm desperate for it.

I'm confident in my intentions and why I'm making music. I'm not making music because I want to be on your TV screen or the cover of your magazine.

I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.

But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this.

I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.

I don't want money to ever drive my career. I want my career to be driven by what I want to do in art.

Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.

I feel like so much of why I sort of want to work in television is so that people know to come see me live.

If you don't get noticed, you don't have anything. You just have to be noticed, but the art is in getting noticed naturally, without screaming or without tricks.

No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.

I've never felt particularly ambitious or driven, that's for sure, although I like to create stuff, whether it's a little doodle, a drawing, a small painting or a movie or a piece of music, so I suppose I'm driven by that. Everything I've done has felt very natural, and it's happened because it's happened.

I'm a forthright person and I am ambitious and I do hope that I get to do more, interesting work but not at the expense of me not being who I am.

The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons.

I want to be an artist. I don't want to be a celebrity.

I don't feel like I've ever done anything - even 'Big Momma's House' - that I didn't really have some desire to do.

I'm trying so hard to do something that means something and has integrity and cares about talent.

I feel really relevant and creative, and I don't think I would've made an album if I didn't feel relevant. I wouldn't have said a word.

You create content because you love it, not necessarily because you're looking for fame or know what it will potentially lead to.

In my short career, I tend not to repeat myself. I have no interest in redoing something. Sometimes that makes people angry, and maybe it's not the best thing for me commercially. But it's the best thing for me artistically, and it's the best thing for my heart.

When you have a job you know you'd do for free, it takes a lot of the pressure away to be successful at it. So if it's doing theater in New York or teaching acting, I'm down for all of it.

For me, acting is something I am passionate about. I am someone who wants to be known for who I am. If I wanted to just make money, I would've chosen some other profession.

I consider myself first of all an artist. My work is about my creativity - why I create and not for whom.

I always wanted to come into the spotlight. I always had dreams and plans of doing my own thing and creating my own image, so it came a little sooner than I thought it would but this is still something I knew I would be going through and would have to experience.