Ray Davies Quotes

Being a rock star is being a rock star, I don't need to go into the details. What would you do if you were a rock star?

In my teens I wanted to be a rock star, I really did. At that time there was nothing I wanted more.

I was really wanting to be a rock star. I was saying, "I am going to have a fancy car, I got to have fancy clothes, and I have got to play the whole role." Obviously, I meant business.

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

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

I have no ambitions to be a pop star.

I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order.

I wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star. It defines life for me. It's all I've ever imagined for myself.

So you know, my plan was that I was going to make records, and be a rock star. And that's really what I wanted to do. And I sang from the time I was very young.

You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.

At heart I cannot accept that I am a well-known rock 'n' roll star and one of the greatest drummers in the world.

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.

Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich.

Being a rock star rocks.

I don't think I'll ever become a pop star.

I was very ambitious in my dream of being a pop star.

Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars.

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 think a lot of people secretly wish they were a rock star, and I'm no exception.

There are plenty of people in the world who have tried to be rock stars and have not gotten there.

I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I'm happy to entertain people by being a star.

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.

I was lucky enough to get to perform on stage in front of 20 million people on TV, and 150 thousand in concerts. For 15 minutes I got to be a rock star, the 15 minutes is great! It turns into Spinal Tap after 20 minutes.

While certainly no pressing threat to Gordon Lightfoot, I knew it was simply a matter of time until I was going to be a star.

If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.