Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.
The price of popularity is loneliness. But the price of loneliness is freedom to be who you want to be.
Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest thing to hold.
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.
The most popular people in the world aren't always the most successful. Remember, mediocrity always attacks excellence.
You do not have to be popular. You do not have to be known. You simply have to be you.
Popularity is a bubble. It's a mountain: you can go up really hard but walk down really fast.
Popularity is just like politics, where it's easy to be popular, but hard to be right.
Don't confuse popularity with influence. Popularity is when people like you. Influence is when people listen to you.
The fact that nobody knows you doesn't mean you're not famous. There are millions of people who don't know the President of the United States.
The fact is, I've been so fortunate and I've been able to stay busy and popular and relevant and still working.