Neil Sedaka Quotes

I'm not ashamed of selling millions of records. I'm very fortunate to be in that position.

I think money is essential to happiness and right now I wouldn't want to be anyone other than Wilbur Smith - I've had a fantastic life, rewarded far more heavily than I deserve. Maybe I'd like to be J. K. Rowling, but I'll settle for second best.

I feel blessed and humbled that people have loved my music. Nothing would be possible without their acceptance.

I love what I do. I love the music, and I'm honored to be presented with a star by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

Music has given me great solace in my times of hardship. It has also brought me fame and wealth, and I owe everything to music.

Both the industries, be it Bollywood or music, have been really kind to me.

Being a star and having money do not make for a happy person.

I was very blessed with 'N Sync. It was a big success and it was a lot of fun.

In pop music, the public usually see the results - the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours - but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won't make it.

I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.

While I'm here, I'm gonna milk it for all I can, so when I'm no longer hot - and I know that day is coming - I will step over here and enjoy everything I've created up to this point. The music is just opening all these doors, so I can relax.

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.

The best thing about becoming successful is that you get flowers all the time.

So many people equate money and success with happiness, especially in the music industry.

If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world.

It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't matter how much you have, how much success you have, how much fame you have, how much money you have, it doesn't matter.

If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.

I've been there and done all that, sold millions of records, and that doesn't bring you peace.

I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was worth millions of dollars. I didn't have to work anymore in life because when the rappers started sampling... I'm the most sampled artist in history.

Selling millions of records is great, but at the end of the day it really doesn't bring peace.

Things have gone beyond my wildest expectations and dreams, and I feel like I've been given so many blessings in my life, between my friendship with the guys in the band, our wonderful audience, being able to play this music, and then my family.

I'm able to provide for my family and the people that I love with things that I never used to be able to. I'm getting to make music and work with amazing people. I just feel really lucky.

All my success seems to come straight away, and it's not until later that I get to appreciate it. Like with 'Popstars,' I won the competition, and now I look back and go, 'God, I was lucky to have number-one singles and albums.'

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.

My hits are not hits.