Noel Redding Quotes

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

You know why stardom screws up people ? Because it gives you too many choices. As a 20-year-old I was making as much money as, well, as much money as it was possible for a 20-year-old to make in India. That sort of thing could drive people nuts. But I put my in money in the bank.

After bands become successful, they always make that choice to do the record about how cool or how hard it is to be in a successful band.

I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense, and then figuring out how to live your life with that.

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

I was born into big celebrity. It could only diminish.

Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.

No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.

I don't wanna be a rock star. I don't believe in rock stars. If you really examine what goes with being a rock star, I've avoided that really well.

You know, if you're lucky enough to have two smash hit shows, the traffic of the world goes through your dressing room.

I'm not a star, and I don't want to be a star. Stars fall. I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.

Being a rock star isn't all it's cracked up to be, let me tell you.

The whole New Kids thing was crazy. The more it grew, the more I just felt like I was trapped.

I think musicians and actors have all these problems, because of the popularity and the opportunity.

I didn't know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.

When I was a kid, everyone wanted to be in a band - that was the path to girls, adulation, money.

I can see why people change. You get complimented all the time, driven around in a black SUV - your life is crazy. But that's your career, not you.

I've seen a lot of actors in a lot of different stages of their careers, and I've seen it come and go. People get a sense of entitlement from it. And that's when it starts getting you in trouble.

It was tough. We went right from being teenagers to musical superstars with money and fame and attention. All of us had a hard time adjusting to it, especially me.

I don't think you can understand everything that goes into being a superstar because even I don't understand everything. I think we're all learning as we go.

It was weird. I joined this band because my life was all about singing. Then Girls Aloud became successful, and suddenly it wasn't just about being able to sing any more. It turned into a beauty contest.

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

Michael was the first person to show me what it meant to be a star... but you cannot be that star and not accept all the things that came with it.

We're not pop stars. Living with success is a job; it's the music that's dear to us.

My whole life is about being Nicki Minaj now. It's a never-ending saga.