I am living on the razor's edge between success and failure, adulation and humiliation - between justifying my existence and revealing my unworthiness to be alive.
I'm always shy in front of an audience, so I'm always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don't like the front, the adulation.
I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing.
A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.
I spent so long studying really hard to become a fine actor, but threw it all away because I got the adulation and the fame so easily.
Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.
I savour the adulation and love I have been getting from my fans and the blessings of elders in my family.
Looking back, yes, I made too many comebacks. But each comeback I was 100 percent sure that I would win. I never came back for the money, because I didn't need it. The adulation I was getting anyway in other spheres. But I'm a guy who likes to see how close he can get to the edge of the mountain - that's what makes me tick.
Ever since Pele's extraordinary talents blessed the world of football, black footballers have been accepted in the pantheon of the greats. But to achieve commercial recognition is somewhat different: it requires a form of adulation that also spells identification and role model.
I have received more fulfillment and adulation than I would ever know what to do with in terms of show business.