249 quotes found
“I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from ...”
“I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.”
“The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.”
“As much as I encourage communication with my readers, I don't want reviews from them, simply because I don't need to be hamstrung in the middle of working on something.”
“I want to stay involved in sports in one way or another.”
“After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'”
“If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you've got to send humans.”
“If you want poets in space, you'll have to wait.”
“What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?”
“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.”
“Those who want to be serious photographers, you're really going to have to edit your work. You're going to have to understand what you're doing. You're going to have to not just shoot, shoot, shoot...”
“One thing I never want to be accused of is not working.”
“I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.”
“Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.”
“Well, I knew I wanted to be an actor, and I didn't necessarily need or want to be famous or a celebrity actor.”
“I want to be famous everywhere.”
“There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous, and those who are liars.”
“I turned down many chances to be on TV before 'Pop Idol' because I really wasn't interested in being famous. I didn't need it and didn't want it.”
“You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.”
“I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous,' on the other.”