Failure Quote by Chanel West Coast

I used to have visions of being a star all the time, but I never knew I wanted to be a rapper.

— Lil Yachty

My ultimate goal is to really be a huge music artist to the point where one day people forget that I was on a…

— Chanel West Coast

Fame was a mixed blessing for me because I thought I could be as big as I wanted to be, and then I realized…

— Chubby Checker

I never pictured myself as just a rapper; I always wanted to act and do whatever else I could do. I always felt like…

— Queen Latifah

I didn't want to just be a rapper, I wanted to be a star.

— Tierra Whack

I was rapping at school, at talent shows. I thought I was a little star.

— MC Ren

Amazingly, I've been sort of an anomaly in the music industry. I feel like I've been able to exist as kind of a throwback…

— Jewel

My dream job growing up was always to be an artist. It wasn't even that I would be a rapper or singer; I just…

— Lil Tjay

Hip-hop influences my talent, but I think that punk and everything else I listened to growing up was who my idols were.

— Machine Gun Kelly

I wanted music to be a career. To base everything on fame to me seemed a dangerous thing - I wanted my foundations to…

— Amy Macdonald

I didn't choose to be a rapper; it's just my talent.

— Cakes da killa

I never dealt with fame. It was never a goal of mine to become famous.

— Boris Kodjoe