I’d rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

The line contrasts external markers of success (wealth, celebrity) with an internal standard: self-respect. “Facing myself in the bathroom mirror” evokes a private, unperformative moment of reckoning—what remains when audiences, money, and reputation fall away. The quote suggests that integrity and the ability to live with one’s choices are more valuable than public acclaim, and that fame can be morally compromising if it requires betraying one’s principles. In the context of an artist’s life, it also implies a preference for authenticity over marketability: better to remain answerable to one’s conscience than to win approval at the cost of self-alienation.