Dolores O'Riordan Quotes

I went from being totally unknown to getting stopped every time I went out. I always wanted to be successful, but I have never wanted to become a celebrity. I never, ever, craved that.

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

You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.

The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was.

I wouldn't mind being popular in other ways, but not with music.

Now that people know who I am, I get offered plays here and there. It was so much easier to do it when nobody knew who I was. I can't even imagine that somebody would come and pay money just to come and see me now.

Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.

I remember, after the New Year's Eve 1991 show, somebody running onto the bus and saying Nirvana had just hit No. 1. I remember thinking, 'Wow; it's on now.' It changed something. We had something to prove - that our band was as good as I thought it was.

I remember hoping there'd be 10 people at a show in 1998 when there was an incredible write-up in the local weekly. I don't want to go back to that period of being obscure and having nobody know who I am, let alone have to struggle to get people to come to the show.

Weird Al is not gonna do a parody of your song if you're not doing it big.

My music's gotten much more famous than me.

Becoming a Top Ten artist has surprised me.

Asked to choose between money and fame, I'd choose the latter every time.

I'm just a person that played a game in the spotlight.

So, I do not work towards fame but if it happens to me, I won't say no.

My goal is to get my name known here in the Premier League.

I am not saying that those who crave for conventional stardom are wrong in their aspirations. But that's not what I want.

It's lovely being in a hit.

Fame has never been high on my agenda.

I think that, occasionally, fame and popularity can garner more attention for individuals or films. But as a person who believes in my craft, I like the romantic notion that skill and hard work is more important than notoriety.

If I die and I gotta couple Grammys on me, more than a couple hits on me, I got some plaques and I got billboards still up and I done touched a lot of people's souls and I'm viral, once that happen then you can judge all you want.

The more success you have, the more attention and the more spotlight comes to your name.

I wanna be the most successful socially aware artist: Grammys, number one singles, albums, overseas and internationally-known household name, all that.

I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be on posters. I want to be good.

I am not chasing stardom.