Brian Eno Quotes

I don't think that I'm a pop star. On paper, I'm bad at being a pop star with the conventional idea people have.

I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

When someone comes forward and is an individual, such as a Lady Gaga or a Katy Perry, people respond to them because there is that sense of innocence. It's obviously dress up and theatre.

Every actor I know wants to be a pop star.

I don't see myself as a pop star, just a singer.

I never minded being thought of as a pop star. People have always thought I wanted to be seen as a serious musician, but I didn't, I just wanted people to know that I was absolutely serious about pop music.

I like to think of myself as the people's pop star a little bit. I respect Lady Gaga so much, and I love what she does, but she has this kind of mysterious, out-of-reach thing. I'm just not that - as much as I'd love to have that sort of mystique, I think I'm kind of an open book.

You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.

I'm not a pop star.

I wanted to be a rock star. I dreamed of it, and that's all I dreamed of. To be more accurate, I wanted to be a pop star. This was in the late '80s. And mostly, I wanted to be the fifth member of Depeche Mode or Duran Duran.

I never wanted to be a pop star.

Early in my life, without any supporting evidence, I fretted over what I believed was my fate: accidentally becoming an international pop star. The pages of my diary were filled with hypothetical ethical dilemmas.

Britney Spears is one of my first idol.

The way he tells it, George Michael was born to be a pop star. It's as if nothing else really mattered during his childhood. Even the name was part of the pop creation.

I'm like the male Taylor Swift.

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

As a kid, I watched every Madonna documentary and tour. I was obsessed with her - and with any pop star of the '80s.

Being in the Spice Girls was an insane experience.

How can you not like Britney Spears?

Pop music will never be low brow.

Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing.

I'm obsessed with Lady Gaga. I saw her at the Alexander Wang fashion show after-party, and I think she's the nicest person ever.

There's a difference between a pop star and an artist. Pop stars have to be perfect all the time; an artist is allowed, on occasion, to suck. And I put myself in that category because I sometimes suck. I'm not trying to please the masses. It's not going to happen, so I don't try.

For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.

The biggest crime in England is to rise above your station. It's fine to be a pop star. 'Oh, it's great, lots of fun, aren't they sweet, these pop stars! But to think you have anything to say about how the world should work? What arrogance!'