Ryan Hurd Quotes

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria.

I think I am very proud of being associated with quality things. So if I were massively famous for doing massively beloved things, yeah, that sounds great.

It's really great that people are talking so much about me because it means that I'm doing things right.

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

I think fame comes from actually doing something big with your career.

It's nice to walk into a club and see your picture. Then you know you've done something good.

Fame and success are very different things.

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that.

You know, you want to be a success. You want people to know who you are.

I do want to sell as many records and win as many awards as I can. The awards though, they don't necessarily determine if you're good or not. I know that now.

Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.

I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

Glory - once achieved, what is it worth?

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else - very rarely to those who say to themselves, 'Go to, now, let us be a celebrated individual!'.

You have to win something for people to think about you.

Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase.

Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such.