Frank Vincent Quotes

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

The recognition thing started to happen in 2009 when 'Skins' season three had come out and we were on TV. It used to happen much more when we were in the height of our success, but I never really saw it as a chore or anything like that. It was just quite exciting - you had fans.

I'm not striving for fame, that's for sure. I don't particularly like the idea of celebrity. I would like to be successful with my music, so I realise that there's a balance to be made there.

At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that.

The soundtrack of O Brother is the most publicity I've gotten. I don't feel that I have lost any of my old fans, but I have gained new ones.

I've never really aspired to the spotlight; I just wanted to do music, which is kind of weird because music comes with that spotlight.

I knew people liked me on 'American Idol,' but I didn't think they'd care to come see me sing at my own show.

It wasn't the muso thing that got me recognition in the beginning. It was doing 'Wild Thing.'

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

I really do think that getting the golden ticket for 'American Idol,' it's just the start of something really great.

I've had a good-size fan base for a while.

I went from playing for nobody and having awkward experiences at award shows to now being all over the place playing sold-out shows for people who know all of the words.

It feels surreal to know that people out there know me, know my songs, and give me so much love.

I came second in 'The Voice of Finland' in 2012 and my career really exploded at home. I had 300 gigs a year.

The bigger your songs get, the bigger the festivals you play at will be, until you make it to Ultra. It happened super quick for me. I'm still in shock, actually. I have to pinch myself a lot.

All I can say, being young people being in a band, writing songs that we felt were great... we never felt that years later we'd be selling out shows.

I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture.

I'm not a star.

My ultimate dream is to become a famous star because I love to sing.

I want it all. I want the Pepsi endorsement. I want the arena shows. I want Times Square!

I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.

It's not that I lead this oblivious life where I think I've got such a great personality that people want to spend time with me. If someone has a poster of you or asks for your autograph, clearly you can't take them out on a date. It's not that interesting if someone is just interested in you.

I don't know if fame will come.

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.