Gabby Barrett Quotes

My hits are not hits.

The ultimate revenge is being on Top Of The Pops.

You can tell when you're in a hit.

What I really want is a commercial hit. If you're in a hit, you're suddenly a star, whether you acted well or not.

I never forget the first time I was on 'Top of the Pops', my bass player said: 'You've made it!' I did used to think, when I was younger, that I'd be on there one day.

I never envisioned being number one for five weeks, knocking Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men off the charts. That's the scariest thing and the greatest thing that ever happened to me.

A No. 1 record is hard to come by.

I never thought that I would have the No 1 song in the world.

If someone has given a hit in the industry, and everyone talks about the song and artist, that's a hit.

Obviously, getting a number in the charts is a nice thing but the cherry on the cake rather than the main cake.

I never used to get calls from artists or labels, but once you have a top 20 hit, you start getting them.

We call 'Ain't No Mountain' the golden egg that landed us at Motown.

I take pride in being one of the most successful producers in hip-hop history, having the most successful record in hip-hop history, I have the most number ones.

I'm still proud of what I've done, even if it hasn't been the biggest song on the radio or hasn't gone to number one.

In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it.

Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones.

I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.

'Never Gonna Give You Up' in 1987 was a huge international hit followed by several more, and while I appreciated how lucky I was, it catapulted me into a completely new world and simply took over my life.

I'm really fortunate that I've had some mega hits.

Every year, we couldn't believe it, and even when I look back on it now, to sell 14 million singles, 50 million albums and sell out arenas and stadiums, what Westlife achieved was crazy. It's like One Direction probably don't realise how big they are. They'll look back one day and think, 'Holy God, that was pretty amazing.'

Man, I was scared. I didn't know what to think. All of a sudden, I got a record climbing the charts, and I'm out in the streets. You know, workin' on the docks. And the first week, it sold something like 40,000 in New Orleans.

Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when 'Jolene' was a big hit.

A hit is a hit, and when you have a hit great things happen.

I'm going to reach that No. 1 on Billboard.

How were we to know 'Highway' would be such a success? It is one of my proudest achievements.