We're teaching young girls that this is what they should be focusing on: rich and famous girls who are rich and famous for nothing.

If I wanted to be famous I could have been famous before.

One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing era of the big bands was to host late-night remotes from some of the most famous ballrooms throughout the country.

I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning.

Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain tell me am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?

I don't do the whole 'Put my name on it make me famous' thing.

These days with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows young people become famous overnight and that can be very difficult to handle the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.

I had to do this very aggressive big score in a very short time and knowing that in the beginning middle and end would be this very very famous theme but I still had to weave a score around it and make it work as a score was really challenging.

I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.

In opera as with any performing art to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course but you must also be famous. The two are different things.