Dan Auerbach Quotes

Some musicians like to decorate their walls with discs saying: '1 million records sold in America.' I prefer to put up discs marking sales in lesser-known countries.

I want to make more fans, sell records.

I got really noticed by record labels and that's how I got signed.

We were overwhelmed by how much the first album connected with people, but I wouldn't put us in the 'pop star' realm.

With a Grammy, if you're releasing your record with a major label, you have a chance with any record. You also have a very long shot with every record.

I had no idea what to expect when we did Ladies' Night. I didn't think it was going to get nominated for a Grammy. I didn't know that we would have to perform on the MTV Awards show.

Even though the popularity and the fanbase is much much greater, and more people have heard about me through things like the Grammys and the Ivors and touring and word of mouth, it doesn't reflect in the sales of the record and doesn't go into my pocket.

The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was.

When you start out without a record nobody knows you, but if you have a record it's a lot easier.

It doesn't matter how good you are as a band or how good your music may be; if the fans aren't supporting it and buying your music, it's hard to make it.

That would be awesome, to be totally making records whenever I want and to play a show and have a few hundred thousand people there at any city you go to because people know you and your music.

By the age of 17, for me, we had got an recording contract, and, boom, I was gone.

It's pretty weird to me that our music is as popular as it is.

I have a fan base. I've sold a million albums in country music. I've got fans out there who love my music and would like to hear more.

When you are a commercial music artist, your music depends on your popularity.

Having a Top 10 record changed my life a lot, you know?

For the first six years of my career I was independent. I got on to a major and did my thing there. I had platinum and gold records and all that.

We strive to have new records. We strive to have new songs on the radio. That feels good that we can gain those new fans and still bring out our fans that have been with us for some of the ride or all of the ride.

Anything can wait for a hit record. That, after all, is what everyone wants at the end of the day.

I want to sell out arenas and sell millions of records.

It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.

I've always said I can't tell sometimes that people even have an album out until I see them nominated for a Grammy. I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys.

So there was a way for you to get promoted and survive as an artist without worrying about AM radio hits.

I guess I've been making records since I was 16, and even when 50 people bought them, I thought that was amazing.

We were excited when we sold our first 10 records. I always felt that if we could get the music out there, and if people became accustomed to it, then a substantial number of them would enjoy it.