Adrianne Lenker Quotes

I was very ambitious in my dream of being a pop star.

I came to California and got signed at a young age. And it's not like you see in the movies, where you start rubbing shoulders with Timbaland and Pharrell, and you become a giant pop star.

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

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea.

I started in a band called 'Timbiriche', we toured the world when I was 8; I have 23 albums.

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.

I'm a pretty successful songwriter and known in some circles, but I didn't think the story of my career was of any real entertainment value.

Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.

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 don't really plan to be a pop star; I just want to be able to make music without the whole My Dad thing hanging over me, which everyone in my position goes through.

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

I loved everything about show business, meeting the stars, the whole ambience. I was living every young kid's dream. I was told a pop singer's life was three years, but I was still making money seven years later.

When I was growing up, I read Britney Spears' and Mariah Carey's biographies. I just wanted to see how they did it because I was so eager to get into the biz.

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 love singing, so I want to see how far I can take it. I love the challenge, and I won't be happy until I have a wall full of gold discs and seven huge world tours under my belt.

And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.

Just being at home, growing up naturally, and being here now with my video and my music, I think people realize that I was in the Spice Girls 8 years ago.

It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band.

Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I've been doing it for a long time.

I was so anxious to succeed that I made a practice of appearing on all the disc jockey shows I could, in order to publicize the band.

I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't they know I'm a kid?' I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have.

I have a gut instinctive feeling that I will be as massive as Madonna, as massive as Michael Jackson... Whitney Houston, sure.

It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.

I never dreamed of being a pop star when I was a child.

When I got my deal with Cash Money, it changed my whole life.