Lenny Kravitz Quotes

We have literally millions and millions of fans. I mean, even Kendall and Kylie have 50 million followers on Instagram - apiece. That's a hundred million people you have somehow touched emotionally, enough to follow you on a social-media platform. And I think with that also comes, you know, haters.

Fame is a dangerous thing. It's what the post-industrial society wants. They want fame and many followers on Twitter. But to really make the world understandable, that challenge is remaining.

A famous actor told me once - I don't want to name names, I hate that sort of thing - but I was at his house and he said, 'Are you on Twitter?' I said, 'Yes, I am.' And he said, 'There'll be one day when you'll have, like, five friends. And in the same day it'll go to five thousand.'

Because it's so easy to medicate our need for self-worth by pandering to win followers, 'likes' and view counts, social media have become the metier of choice for many people who might otherwise channel that energy into books, music or art - or even into their own Web ventures.

Everybody wants to be a celebrity, which is why we have this phenomenon of social media, where nobody wants to be private. We all want to be seen.

I started making skits, and I started, like, getting more followers, and, like, my friends told their friends, like, 'Oh, she actually be funny.'

Occasionally when I look at my Instagram and see how many followers I have, it shows me how it's going up by the minute. It blows my mind, but everyone around me keeps me grounded.

Frankly, TV stars are not that popular. In fact, I don't have even have a million followers on any of social media accounts.

When 'Game Of Thrones' came out, lots of interviews were coming in, and people asking me to do certain things which would push me out there. Like this whole Instagram and Twitter thing - getting more followers doesn't bother me at all.

I want to thank everyone for believing in me, even though I only have 27,000 Instagram followers.

Someday I'm gonna be famous. Do I have talent, well, no. These days you really don't need it.

Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.

The fame and the fame-hungry world we live in does it all for you. Women are lining up on your Instagram account to meet you.

I love talking to the audience, and I must be the luckiest performer in the world. I always land something or somebody that just takes off.

Control the public's perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent.

I came to the Kardashians a bit late, and I'm still just gob-smacked. Who are these people?

If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.

What I find interesting is that the people that follow your Twitters are called 'followers.' Talk about false idolatry, right?

In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.

Hollywood always likes to create a star.

It's the sad thing about entertainment, it's not always about who is the best.

This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!

I'm so central to YouTube now, and that puts me in the spotlight and raises a lot of questions like, 'Why is he so big?'

Everybody think they're famous when they get 100,000 followers on Instagram and 5,000 on Twitter.

I like the Kardashians. I'm a fan. I watch their show.