"There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause"

"The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff"

"Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability"

"When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous"

"I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay"

"The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people"

"I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become"

"I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big"

"I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist"