Usually when I make a record, I know what the potential is going to be, but I didn't know that 'Just A Friend' was going to be that big. 'Just A Friend' opened a world up where I never knew the difference between being a pop star and a regular rap star. It was crazy.

Biz Markie

Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on top of it, it's a presentation. There's a showmanship about it. And that's why I wanted to be a pop star.

Adam Lambert

As a pop star, you don't have to be that smart for people to think you're intelligent.

Adam Levine

My dad was basically my manager from ages 13 to 16. I was on this train towards becoming a child pop star. Not that I would have necessarily become a star, but that was the goal.

Adrianne Lenker

Maybe I'm not a typical pop star, but I don't think there's a mould for a pop star or singer. You can do whatever you want.

Alessia Cara

I don't really see myself as a pop star. I guess I just really enjoy being able to play my music for people who actually want to listen to it.

Alice Merton

If you think about it, I was at college, and then three months later, I was a massive pop star. It's stress-making, especially when you're a bit of an oddball as I was, the black sheep left to your own devices, and then suddenly everyone's interested in you.

Alison Moyet

Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.

Alison Moyet

Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.

Amy Winehouse

Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through folk music, and there's no pomp and circumstance to the performance. There's no, like, 'I'll be the rock star, you be the adulating fan.'

Ani DiFranco

Music became less understandable in the wake of the new MTV era. You weren't supposed to be anything other than a pop star, to not go deeper than that. It was really strange. It was suffocating, image-wise. What you could talk about in a song changed; if you were misunderstood, you were really misunderstood - taken literally.

Ann Wilson

I never wanted to be a pop star.

Anne Stevenson

Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.

Annie Lennox

The thing about 'CD:U.K.' was, because the show started quite small with small viewing figures and it built and built, the bigger the figures got, the better and bigger the pop star you got.

Ant McPartlin

The representation that I always go back to is a pop star - whether it's Lady Gaga or Madonna, I love the way those women in pop music have always made an effort to create a specific vision.

Aquaria

I've always wanted to be a pop star of sorts because I love the whole touring gig.

Aquaria

I originally wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to be Kylie Minogue. My dad thought that was a very silly ambition and introduced me to drama classes. Once I became fixated on that, there was no stopping me.

Ashley Madekwe

I never dreamed of being a pop star when I was a child.

Aurora

Listen, my dad left me, my mom is crazy, I'm from L.A., a pop star dumped me three times and I'm an actress who gets rejected constantly.

Ayda Field

I think, especially in pop culture, we're brought up to think that a normal pop star is this pretty, well-kept-together girl.

Bebe Rexha

It will shock many - I've lived a full life and really enjoyed my time as a pop star.

Belinda Carlisle