Michael Ian Black Quotes

The music became secondary to being rock stars.

When someone comes forward and is an individual, such as a Lady Gaga or a Katy Perry, people respond to them because there is that sense of innocence. It's obviously dress up and theatre.

The business of being a popular entertainer in England is just too hard.

Audiences in London called me the girl with the black cherry eyes.

Michael's the ultimate entertainer. After Michael Jackson, it's Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Lee.

While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos.

The life of an actor can be very enviable.

Rock stars are good at making noise.

I won because I was the people's favorite dancer, and that's what I work with these Idols on. There have been 1,000 singers before you that are as good or better than you, but you're not trying to be the best singer ever. You're trying to be the people's favorite singer.

I don't want to be known as the Aerosmith chick, but it's fun to put on the boots and makeup and act like a tough girl.

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

What I always wanted to do was to be a rock star.

I like Lady Gaga!

I don't see myself as a pop star, just a singer.

I'm in show business... I want to hang out with Janet Jackson, not Jesse Jackson.

My life in Hollywood surrounded by celebrities became a point of view for me - sports, fashion, music, film, arts, and politics as a media play.

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.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be either a rock star or a wrestler.

I can't watch shows like 'The X Factor,' for instance. I just squirm for the people involved, for the way they're being used. It's the cruellest, most ridiculous show on television. It's ruined music, ruined everything.

I never felt fanboyish about acting, about actors, about movies. I'm a fanboy with music.

I'm obsessed with Lady Gaga. I saw her at the Alexander Wang fashion show after-party, and I think she's the nicest person ever.

I think there is a difference between being a celebrity and being an actor.

I embrace the idea that I'm an entertainer.

The cult of celebrity in the '60s and '70s was really more reserved for movie stars or high socialites. Paparazzi didn't care about Janis Joplin.

Celebrities, movie stars and rock stars are losing their mystique.