Local Fame Quotes

I think it's quite good to be famous in Estonia - much easier than in the U.S.

I never felt like 'I'm an underground dude' or 'I can only be hot in New York.'

I was named first-team Jersey Shore by the Asbury Park Press, the paper I used to deliver as a young boy. I got to Houston and Coach Williams invited me to walk on the golf team. I was the 18th man on an 18-man golf team.

I been making history for Omaha, Nebraska, since I started boxing professional, and it just keeps going and going and going.

Chicago's where I started my career. I've had a lot of success playing here.

I'm already popular in my city. I was just trying to get rich. Man, I'm not gonna lie to you; I didn't really want to go back to school. I mean, my family was mad about that. Because, you know, you tell your family you want to rap, and they look at you like you're crazy.

There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity.

If you know sports in Dade County, you know me.

I hear it all the time in the street: 'It's the crisp bloke.'

I'm known up there as the guy from Frog Jump. And it's a good thing.

A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

I grew up in Birmingham, Ala. Nobody really blow up from Birmingham, Ala.

People are still tied to their hoods, and it's usually not the artist, it's usually the friends and instigators who get it popping.

I just kind of kick it at my crib all day because I'm not famous at my house.

I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas.

It's hard for me to get shows in the U.S. It's that simple. I don't know what that means. I think it means there's not as much support here for my music?

I secured Big Jam through my buzz in the city. My name got bigger and bigger throughout my 1st year of rapping.

Someone who gave me a lot of confidence was my friend Martin Taylor, he's the most famous man in Bolton. He is a pianist and used to play in one of the local pubs. He would sing everything from classical to rock to pop. He was amazing.

The special relationship between the region and a regional celebrity means that people feel that they have a special investment in you.

At The Verve's first-ever gig, I said that we were gonna blow this local band off the stage. It was only in the local Wigan paper, and they rang me to ask why I was being so aggressive. I just went, 'Hey man, it's like boxing. I'm just trying to sell a ticket.'

Man, I'm pretty spoiled in San Antonio. I don't do media every day.

If you can be the best from Queensbridge and actually make it out, then you must be pretty good.

To my city I'm the 2-3

He's very, very well-known. I'd say he's world-famous in Melbourne.

People have set that up as a standard, not to recognize a prophet in his own country.