Diana DeGarmo Quotes

I got really noticed by record labels and that's how I got signed.

I want to be known for my music, and that takes time.

I want to sell out arenas and sell millions of records.

Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.

All these interviews I'm doing - this is the kind of stuff that I was dreaming about doing when I was younger. I was praying for people to want to write about me. I wanted people to hear my music. I wanted to perform. I wanted to be on billboards.

I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.

I'm hungry for VMAs and Grammys. That's my main goal.

In the years between 2000 and 2004, I always got the feeling that people were just starting to hear about me, and they were all late to the game. I'd be out playing shows for records that I recorded back in 1999 that were just coming out.

I'm like a twenty-two-year-old kid in a new band trying to get noticed and break through, because the vast majority of people have never seen me play live.

I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I couldn't imagine myself seeking that.

I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I'm happy to entertain people by being a star.

I know a lot of people who wouldn't be comfortable with everything that comes with being in a band as big as Nirvana. The thing that I don't understand is not appreciating that simple gift of being able to play music.

The people that go on 'American Idol' do want some recognition and fame.

I never forget the first time I was on 'Top of the Pops', my bass player said: 'You've made it!' I did used to think, when I was younger, that I'd be on there one day.

I knew people liked me on 'American Idol,' but I didn't think they'd care to come see me sing at my own show.

When I was little kid, I used to want to be a rock star.

I'm not like Stephanie Mills or Whitney Houston with actual hits. My fans think everything I did was a hit.

It wasn't the muso thing that got me recognition in the beginning. It was doing 'Wild Thing.'

Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.

I have sung some great songs, and fortunately, all have gone to become hits.

Becoming a Top Ten artist has surprised me.

In the U.K., I came from a talent show. I was watched by millions of people, so instantly when I came out from the show, people knew who I was.

It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.

If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now.

I've wanted to perform my entire life. I found a paper I wrote in kindergarten class about what I wanted to be when I grew up - and I wrote 'a famous singer!'