Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself,
Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught.

Popularity? It is glory's small change.

—Unknown

Famous I don't know about. It's hard to be famous and alive. I just want to play music every day and hear someone say, 'Thanks, that was great, here's some money, same time tomorrow, okay?

—Unknown

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.

—Unknown

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

—Unknown

Popularity? It is glory's small change.

—Unknown

Famous I don't know about. It's hard to be famous and alive. I just want to play music every day and hear someone say, 'Thanks, that was great, here's some money, same time tomorrow, okay?

—Unknown

It's going to come true like you knew it, but it's not going to feel like you think.

—William Shakespeare

I think the promise of fame and what it holds to you as a child and dreaming of it is not what it is. What it is, I'm not complaining about, but it's just different than the reality you dreamed.

—Victor Hugo