Avoiding Attention Quotes

I am not likely to die of bashfulness but neither am I prepared to be crucified to attest the perfection of my art. I dislike to hear of any stray heroics on the prowl for me.

I do not like attention. Oddly enough, I do everything I can to avoid it.

I've got a fairly low profile - I go and do me shopping when I need to!

I spent my whole life avoiding the public eye. At these food shows, I'm open quarry again.

I was happy to kind of always scoot under the radar.

I won't go to places where you're going to find more attention. I go to the opposite.

I was hiding out from the celebrity thing, I was smoking way too much [marijuana].

I lead a very quiet life and never court publicity. I don't go to a restaurant and let slip I'm leaving by the back door, like some celebrities.

When I am not on the stage, it is always very difficult for the public to find me! I am a private person who does not always want to be in the spotlight!

I don't have to walk around in hats or find remote places to go for lunch! I don't get recognised that often.

It can get pretty hectic in New Orleans whenever I go shopping. So I'll fly to Houston, buy my groceries, and then come back - nobody cares there because I'm not J.J. Watt.

I never made any public statements. At least, I tried never to make any public statements.

I don't particularly enjoy publicity, it seems to just follow me around.

I don't want anyone to have to interview me. I wish I didn't have to talk too much about myself.

I have never been wired to be front and centre of spotlight and ready to dance.

I just hated being around attention and stuff. In the clubhouse, I hated being around that. I didn't like anything to do with being around people, for the most part. I mean, I could be around them, just not in a talking situation, and that would make it even worse.

Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention.

I don't like being the focus of attention. It makes me very uncomfortable. And it's part of the reason I never look at videos of myself, or I very rarely listen to my music or even read things that I might've said.

I'm not one for the limelight I suppose.

I just kind of keep doing what I'm doing, keep plugging away, kind of hide behind closed doors sometimes, which is nice, kind of the way I'd like to keep it.

I avoided the spotlight when I was a kid. I always knew, 'Hey, it wasn't me. I didn't do anything.' If there was a camera around, I hid from it.

When I felt that fame - people were nosing me out - well, I moved on. I used traveling names; wigs if necessary.

I hang around under the radar. Nobody is bothering me for interviews.

It shifted attention away from that and I've never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.

I'm not one that really soaks up the limelight. I'm OK with kind of escaping it.