ASAP Rocky Quotes

The power of network television is amazing. I've been performing for years but have been seen on only a few episodes of this show, and people spot me in public now all the time. They say, 'Hey, aren't you on 'Nashville'?' Most locals seem to really appreciate how authentic the show is.

Everybody know, I don't do no promoting. I don't ever have to promote nothing, that's the beauty of Lil Wayne.

New York was at the forefront of rap, so because of all the great people who have gone before me, being a rapper from Queens, I have to live up to those standards. I'm basically just a regular guy who says what he feels and likes to joke. I like long walks on the beach... and I love rap.

Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.

There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type.

This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.

I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity.

When I was first asked for an autograph, I felt so uncomfortable that I just wrote, 'Tig's Autograph,' and from then on, that's what I write when I sign my name.

I used to be seriously incognito - without wanting to be. The effect of the magazines, television, billboards - they've changed my whole life in terms of having to deal with being a, quote, star.

I have no interest in being known as a celebrity; 'celebrity' is a pretty disgusting word. It's part of the brainwashing of the culture, part of the false idolatry of those that are only human, and I don't want to participate in that.

People feel like they know you because they've read about you, and people who don't know me seem to have warm feelings about me. I seem to be popular with women. I go into the loo in restaurants, and they all say, 'Oh, I love you.' It's odd, but it's really nice, too.

There's a sense most notably with my movies that for people to turn up, and make them big, you have to have a celebrity status. But it's not a choice I've made. It comes to you.

I think celebrity is taking a heavy shot because of reality TV and the rise of Mr. Trump. I think people are becoming a little more leery, assuming that being a celebrated individual means you have some gravitas.

Bruce was famous, but not 'Elvis famous.' He was confident and lighthearted. Comfortable in his own skin. Or so it seemed.

I'm lucky that, despite all the bad press I've had over the years, the public still seems to like me.

Democracy elevates by turning ordinary people into extraordinary ordinary people called celebrities.

Television is a huge medium and the best way to popularize yourself.

I'm not a shiny pop star.

You can't buy being a rock star.

Honestly, I don't think we see ourselves as stars. That's what the media tags us as. I personally don't think too much about it.

Because I don't go to showbiz parties, I don't have the right image. The media decides who's in and who's out.

I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.

I knew so many people were coming up to me because they knew who I was, not because they were fans of my music. That bothered me because I don't want to be a celebrity; I want to be an artist.

I'm not an actress, I'm a girl who was on reality TV.

I'm just excited to see myself on billboards. I'm getting ready to be a star.