Damien Hirst Quotes

I can't really walk down the street as Brian Badonde without someone going, 'Bwark.'

I could care less whether the American public knows what I look like.

I'm used to the public knowing me, knowing about me.

Can I say this in a humble way - I don't need the money. If I stop coaching today at Kentucky, my toes are up, and I'm eating Cheetos, and I'm fine.

I'm doing my sit-ups and watching CNBC. Suddenly, somebody starts talking about me on television... The business has gone into a weird zone of visibility. For those of us who have done it for a long time, it's strange.

It's so disappointing, to put it mildly, that people know so much about my life. Because it means that they're always trying to look at my books in terms of my life.

I don't consider myself to be a celebrity. If anything I'm a minor celebrity or a TV star or whatever.

Proud 2 Pay - that's something that distinguishes me, that's something that defines me, and we're going to keep that going.

Had I not been Roddy Llewellyn, I don't suppose anyone would have bothered to take an interest in my ambition to make a record.

I don't like to be always in the press, or on television or always be on seen. It is not how I like to lead my life.

My tortured life - with its extremes and conflicts - might have been difficult for me to deal with, but the press couldn't get enough of it. I was in the papers every day, 'the enfant terrible of the culinary world.'

I find it tough to ride my bike around Bandra because people recognise me now.

I Googled 'What do rich people buy?' Because I don't feel like a rich person, and I don't really try to act like a rich person, so I don't know what they buy. I didn't really like the stuff I saw, so I'm gonna stick with my humble lifestyle and just keep working out.

I can't step outside my house now - everybody knows my face.

I don't want to be a celebrity. I never, ever did.

Nobody cared about Baron Davis for so long, and then all of a sudden, it's like all these articles are coming out. People are passing judgment or thinking they know me.

Me? I'm no sob story. I get paid well, and I live comfortably.

Of course I would like to be more famous. It offers more career possibilities. But then it can prove restrictive. Plus you get hassled when you go shopping.

I know people who are wealthy and they're miserable.

I couldn't care less about big markets. That's not who I am.

I just want to be successful. I'm not going to sit here and be like, 'I want to win a Grammy' or whatever; if that comes, that's awesome. But I just want to be successful and provide for my whole family and get my family out the hood.

I wish I had a million in the bank. I like round figures. I am a round figure.

Being in 'The Crown' and being recognised in the street is weird for me.

I never set out to become an 'octomom.'

I read about myself in the papers all the time.