Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

I'm an instant star, just add water.

NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending.

A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle.

Fame itself... doesn't really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.

Some men are born Mediocre men, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them