Bruce Springsteen on fame

There ain’t a note that I play on stage that can’t be traced back directly to my mother and father.

The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.

Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you’re trying to say on stage… Success makes life easier. It doesn’t make living easier.

In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.

Andy Warhol1928–1987Catalogue of an exhibition of his art in Stockholm, Sweden (1968)

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.

Emily Dickinson1830–1886Fame is a fickle food (B)

Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.

Tacitus55–120