Clive Davis Quotes

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'ma continue to make records, continue to make hits, continue to be what I am, legendary.

Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.

Like every artist that comes out, you want to make a mark; you want to be a household name and you want to be someone that people are going to look back in ten years/fifteen years' time and go, 'I love this guy Olly Murs. He was brilliant back in the day; he was someone I really, really liked.'

It will shock many - I've lived a full life and really enjoyed my time as a pop star.

Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big.

You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.

I absolutely love Nicole Scherzinger. She's worked really hard to get to where she is and really knows her stuff.

This whole 'X Factor' thing with people assuming I'm going to be a one-hit wonder - that won't happen with me.

My understanding of this life is that you tour and play for years and years, have some longevity and a steady career. That may sound boring, but I always thought that was less depressing than being a one-hit wonder.

It was kind of like, my worst crime was that I was a pop star.

She is always going to be Diana Ross; she doesn't have to put out another album to keep at it. I'm not Diana, but people know me from the stuff that I've done. And that stuff, those videos, live forever and will continue to be discovered by a new users.

Nobody gets into a band and thinks they're going to have a 30-year career.

My fame came from my success as a country music singer.

The acting thing is the side benefit of becoming a little bit well known with my music.

I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.

It's weird. Prior to having my first record, Corey Hart was just my name.

I've never tried to achieve anything. I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.

My friend Fred Coury, the drummer in '80s rock band Cinderella, told me that in the rock world, you're either still there, or you're struggling to get back to where you were.

When you look at the artists who have come up through 'Billboard' over the years, it's incredible.

I came to California and got signed at a young age. And it's not like you see in the movies, where you start rubbing shoulders with Timbaland and Pharrell, and you become a giant pop star.

One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist.

Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones.

I'm not a pop star.

I knew people liked me on 'American Idol,' but I didn't think they'd care to come see me sing at my own show.