Tech N9ne Quotes

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

At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that.

You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.

I would love to be like Justin Bieber or Selena Gomez. They were catapulted into stardom when they were so young - like I was - and they still haven't gone down the wrong path and I hope neither or them will. I find that really inspiring.

I've never really aspired to the spotlight; I just wanted to do music, which is kind of weird because music comes with that spotlight.

Early in my life, without any supporting evidence, I fretted over what I believed was my fate: accidentally becoming an international pop star. The pages of my diary were filled with hypothetical ethical dilemmas.

Before 2 Chainz got big, he used to sleep on my couch.

I've been through a lot of experiences in my life being in the biggest band in the world.

The bigger your songs get, the bigger the festivals you play at will be, until you make it to Ultra. It happened super quick for me. I'm still in shock, actually. I have to pinch myself a lot.

I loved being a rock and roll star, but it wasn't what I wanted in life.

I only think one person is really cool, and that's Kanye.

I was very blessed with 'N Sync. It was a big success and it was a lot of fun.

It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?

I don't think I'd get caught up in the crazy side of the music industry because it's just not in my nature.

I would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless.

It will shock many - I've lived a full life and really enjoyed my time as a pop star.

People see you on TV every day, they start knowing your name. You know, I was always just the guy from Maroon 5 until I became myself.

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

I think a lot of people secretly wish they were a rock star, and I'm no exception.

I have no ambitions to be a pop star.

We used to get on planes, and they'd ask who we were, and we'd say, 'The Dave Brubeck Quartet', and they'd say, 'Who?' In later years they'd say, 'Oh', which amounts to the same thing.

I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order.

After 'Sports' came out in the fall of 1983, everything changed for me. Four of the album's singles became top-10 hits, and by the end of June in 1984, the album was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was quite a ride, and for the first time I had enough money to live the way I wanted.

While certainly no pressing threat to Gordon Lightfoot, I knew it was simply a matter of time until I was going to be a star.

All of my friends in the business ask, 'Why is this woman not a star? Why is she not a household name?'