Ian Rankin Quotes

If I could go back, I think I would be a rock star instead of an actor, man.

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.

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

What I always wanted to do was to be a rock star.

I wanted to be a rock star.

I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up.

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

I would have wanted to be a rock star, a lead singer, if I wasn't a model. I'd go touring in a bus with my band. In my next life, that's the plan.

I really want to be a rock star.

I always wanted to be a rock'n'roll star.

Secretly, or maybe not so secretly, I've always wanted to be a rock star.

I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, 'OK, this is what I'm going to do for a living and I'm going to be Weird Al.'

At 17, I wanted to be a rock star.

Growing up, I've always wanted to be a rock star.

I might even end up a rock and roll god, it might turn into a steady job.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.

I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.

I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.

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

I wanted to be a rock star when I grew up, or at least a singer/songwriter.

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.

Rock stars wanting to write is even worse than wanting to act in movies, right?

I love singing, so I want to see how far I can take it. I love the challenge, and I won't be happy until I have a wall full of gold discs and seven huge world tours under my belt.

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.