A Quote by Ray Charles

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

Ray Charles

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Famous Great Never Only Wanted

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Ray Charles
American - Musician
September 23, 1930 - June 10, 2004

I only wanted to be a songwriter. I never wanted to be a singer. And I never wanted to be famous.

Carole King

I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.

Katherine Jenkins

I went to New York. I had a dream. I wanted to be a big star, I didn’t know anybody, I wanted to dance, I wanted to sing, I wanted to do all those things, I wanted to make people happy, I wanted to be famous, I wanted everybody to love me. I wanted to be a star. I worked really hard, and my dream came true.

Madonna Ciccone

I never wanted to be famous. I always wanted to take famous photographs.

David LaChapelle

I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to travel far / I only wanted a little bit of love so I could put a little love in my heart / I never wanted to be la-de-da, go to parties ‘avec le bourgeois’ / I only wanted to sing my song well so I could ring a small bell in your heart

Cat Stevens

I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want.

Caitlin Moran

I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.

Ellen DeGeneres

I've never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to be a famous person or anything like that, and I think my fans know that as well.

Ellie Goulding

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.

Sarah Jessica Parker

I never wanted to be famous, I just wanted to be creative for my job, I suppose, and perform.

Joe Lycett

I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun.

Donna Leon

Luckily, I think, I never really wanted to be famous, I just wanted to make movies.

Seth Rogen

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

Neil Peart

I wanted to be a musician. I just wanted to be famous because I wanted to escape from what I felt was my limitation in life... And I wanted to write music, and I didn’t know what I was doing and I never had the technique or understanding of it... But I’ve always played the piano and I can improvise on the piano, but the problem is that I can’t write down what I write. I can read music but I can’t write numbers.