Adnan Sami Quotes

I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.

I don't think I want to transition into being a recording artist for the rest of my life or anything like that, but it's something I'd like to try.

I was on mad platinum albums... I produced and wrote on them.

The first song I ever had recorded by another artist was a song called 'Surefire Feeling' by Jake Owen.

Some people are songwriters, and some people are just recording artists. I'm both. I write and record.

I pretty much started going more towards the singing route when I came out with the song 'Selfish.'

I always said that someday I'm going to sing on a record.

I do see myself doing more than just playback singing.

Most of our artists are songwriters, so the songs are still central to all this. If you don't have great songs, it doesn't matter the marketing or how many times you are on TV; you can only polish it so much.

I am happy being a playback singer and performer.

I wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record... So I was just writing songs.

I'm also working on a track for Howard Hewett, and a theme for a new NPR show.

All I want to do is sing on other people's records.

I want to be the first Conor Maynard. I think I want to have a successful career that is unique in its own way.

I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.

My dream job would be sitting in a room, cranking out hits for Rihanna.

I didn't want to be a solo Westlife - covers and ballads - and the reason I signed with Capitol Records was because they wanted me to write songs myself. It was pretty scary, but they put me in a studio in Nashville with some new songwriters, and the results were pretty good.

Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist.

I'm free to make music - I'm sitting on about 40 or 45 new songs that I can't wait to put out.

Growing up, my favorite group was New Edition. I loved the opportunity to do the remix to Bobby Brown's song 'Get Away'. I told myself that I would have my own group like New Edition one day.

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

I'm never doing a new album. I'll probably do nothing but singles. I'm as good as anybody out there lyrically and conceptually and can go toe to toe with the best of them throughout history. But I don't know how much longer I'll be doing it. It's not really fun anymore.

I think Christina Aguilera is great; I would love to work with her.

Jeremih has been my favorite artist to collab with.

Songs like Reach and S Club Party are pop classics. I'm really proud that I had a part in them.