Anne Murray Quotes

I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on.

Yeah, well I've had a record deal for a long time so I'm kinda used to the cameras and the people, I'm used to dealing with peoples' opinions.

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

To most people who have a point of view, merely being on TV is an intrinsic good.

I've never really had a media edifice supporting me.

You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.

The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality because of press and because of the sheer quantity of films.

I don't want to be in magazines everyday, because I don't want people to get used to one thing.

And I'm not a personality; otherwise I'd be coming out with an album, performing on MTV. All that stuff is possible and I can do that tomorrow. I just have no need.

When they put me on ESPN and they talk about negative things, or when they put me on TMZ and they talk about negative things, I'm just glad that I'm relevant; to have lasted this long being relevant.

I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is.

I don't have a problem being on 'MTV,' and I don't have a problem being on the radio. I actually like it. So there. And anyone that calls me a sell out is just jealous.

Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly.

When you become a television personality, it's difficult to maintain your musical credibility.

A lot of celebrities are afraid of being out of sight, out of mind. I'm the complete opposite.

The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm.

There's people that have never heard our album. The most they've seen is either our video on 'TRL' or our picture on the cover of magazines.

If you will forever remember me as the girl from 'America's Got Talent,' that's cool, 'cause I am. If you wanna look into me and what I've done recently, that's cool, too.

I'm one of those controversial celebs or whatever you want to call it, but I am actually a musician - people forget this.

I can choose to be a serious musician, but the sex symbol part is not up to me.

I'm not a 'celebrity'. I'm not a big huge star and so when people see me it's usually to talk about something I've done and that's a great conversation to have.

If you're on the cover of any magazine, you certainly get recognized more.

My appearance on 'Public School' garnered a smattering of fan mail from girls, which was good, and letters from mothers saying I was the sort of boy they'd like their daughters to go out with - which was not quite as good.

I just kind of wanted to do something where you don't just see 'Kardashian' everywhere.

I guess I'm entertaining; I guess I'm interesting. I guess the things that I say sell papers. I guess they sell magazines. I don't know.