It's Hard For People To GET Their Hands AROUND FAME, Because It's Heady Stuff, And You Have To Look At It As Being Dangerous EXPLOSIVES, And You Have To Handle It With Care.

I NEVER Wanted Fame, Of All THINGS, And I'm Not Just Being CHEEKY. There Are BENEFITS That Come With Being Famous, But There's Also Confusion. It's Important To Make Sure Your Feet Stay On The GROUND.

Indeed, Wretched The Man WHOSE FAME MAKES His MISFORTUNES FAMOUS.

Half The PEOPLE THINK I Write Obama's Speeches; The Other Half Think I'm On 'Entourage.' So I'm At The Level Of Fame Where People Kind Of KNOW Who I Am, But They CONFUSE Me With Other People.

You Can't Reverse Fame. You Can Lose All The MONEY, But You'll Never Lose PEOPLE KNOWING You.

These THINGS Were Happening In My Life Where I Was Like, 'Man, I Wish My Pops Was Here To SEE This.' I Never Had Those Thoughts Before FAME, When My Life Was Just A REGULAR Life. I Wasn't Saying, 'I Wish My Dad Could Be Around And See Me Working At Applebee's.'

I Just Like PEOPLE. I'll Hold A CONVERSATION At A GAS STATION. It's Not About The Fame And The Fortune, I Just Like People.

First Of All, Plain And Simple, You Have No Real Idea Of What It MEANS To Be FAMOUS Until You BECOME Famous. It's A Double-edged Sword. Obviously There Are A Lot Of Amazing Things About Fame, But There Are ALSO A Lot Of CHALLENGING Things About It.

The Songwriters Hall Of FAME, That's The One All The Big-time Writers Get Into, The Really GREAT STUFF, The Broadway Stuff And All That. That Would Be SOMETHING, To Get Your Name In There.