It's not enough just to do those things anymore; what you must do instead if you want success on any large scale is either figure out a way of getting yourself associated in the audience's mind with their pieties and their sense of 'community, ' i.e. ram it home that you're one of THEM; or, alternately, deck and bake yourself into an image configuration so blatant or outrageous that you become a culture myth. Lester Bangs
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I heard a quote from a famous writer about the importance of being a famous person in order to build your image on the world. The idea is that you should be a celebrity to acheive success in life. In other words, you need to become a celebrity in order for people to know you and invest in you. This is not necessarily true.

By becoming a celebrity, you can lose touch with reality and lose yourself. There are many famous people who have gone insane over the course of their lives due to fame and money. You must understand that it is not enough to simply play the part of a celebrity, but it is also important to remain true to yourself while doing so.

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