Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

I wish there was a switch that I could flip, where no one knows me. And then, when I'm ready to make a splash, I'd flip the switch and say, 'Hey, I'm ready now.' Unfortunately, that doesn't happen.

I never knew how good it is to be unknown until now. The last time I was unknown I was too busy trying to become known to realize the advantages of obscurity.

I don't want to be known as somebody that everybody knows about.

Sometimes I go out disguised, but people still recognize me, so I find there is no point in even trying. It would be nice to get away from it, from time to time, but the fact is, there is no place on earth where I can go unrecognized.

I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen.

I would be happy living on a massive ranch in Montana and not seeing anyone except my friends and family.

I'm not unknown, yet I'm not super famous where I can't go anywhere.

Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.

I think I'm less anonymous than I was.

In my life, I don't need to have my face plastered everywhere. It's not really something I want.

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.

I don't know if I'll ever get used to the idea that strangers know who I am. I don't know if I want to.

The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.

I'm not quite as anonymous as I was.

You do think, if you have your druthers, 'I want to sort of be, not anonymous, but unknown'. But you don't have your druthers in life, do you?

My most favorite thing about London is that nobody recognizes me. It's really... cool.

I have the ability to move around without being recognized all the time. I mean, you want to be famous - but not too famous.

What attracted me to New York was there was an anonymity that I couldn't always have in Los Angeles, and it was easier to blend in there. The more successful you are, the less you are able to do that.

I don't want to be famous.

Living in Finland as a singer of Nightwish, I'm used to having people around me all the time that know who I am. In the Netherlands, people never really knew or cared or whatever.

New York was a fantastic place to disappear because no one cares who you are. No one bothers you. In my ten years living there I was never once asked for an autograph or stopped on the street. It was an absolute joy. I gave myself time and space to get to know myself more.

I like my privacy. I was completely okay when people didn't recognise me.

I miss those days when I could just walk around under the radar and no one really knew who I was until I wanted them to know.

I never really set out to have people see my videos.

I enjoy the idea of being able to sort of flip-flop between being recognized and not being recognized.