Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes

I have the stardom glow.

But, you know, you can't be a star at home.

East Hampton happens to have been the first place in the world where I was a star, a real star with a star pasted above my name on the dressing-room door.

If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.

I'm not a star.

I don't know if fame will come.

I'm not worried about being a big star.

I don't have to be a star - I don't have to be famous.

Fame is a beast that you can't control or be prepared for.

I didn't really plan on fame. I never really factored that part into my life.

I am not chasing stardom.

Being a star is not a job, and that's really important for me say.

I guess you cannot prepare yourself enough for stardom, even though you strive for it all your life.

Fame is the weirdest thing ever.

I think I'm a superstar.

As a young girl, I used to dream of giving an interview. You dream of stardom as a kid. People think they don't want to be stars. Everyone wants to be a star! That's the truth. Even grownups; they pretend they don't want to be one and don't care. But everyone wants to.

At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

I don't even think about fame at all.

Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.

It's not my ambition to be a big star.

I guess some people want to be performers because they want to be famous.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

I am not a star. At least, I don't consider myself a star.

You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.