Chris Lowe Quotes

In the end, the best music will always rise to the top.

I do want to sell as many records and win as many awards as I can. The awards though, they don't necessarily determine if you're good or not. I know that now.

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.

Getting to No. 1 makes everyone feel better; of course it does. But it's swings and roundabouts with these things. Sometimes you make a great record, and it clicks with people. And other times it passes them by; there's nothing you can do. It's still the same record.

For people to keep saying, 'We want to see more of this guy, even though the shows have not always been out-of-the-box successes,' is a huge compliment to me.

I'm not just looking for hits.

I'd had my time in the charts and made loads of money. I was no longer hungry for success.

Here's the thing with the business, is that when people like your work, and you make them money, you're set. When the critics like you, and you make the studios money, doors opened.

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

The ultimate revenge is being on Top Of The Pops.

Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.

You don't base records on success; you base it on creativity.

You can tell when you're in a hit.

One U.S. hit single and a hit T Shirt in 1985 does not a celebrity make.

And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn't make? If it's good, it stands up.

People can criticise all day long, I think I've proven myself, I think I deliver. And I agree, box office does not mean a movie's good, but I feel like I'm making good movies and I'm delivering in box office.

I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.

It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had.

You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.

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.

It's the sad thing about entertainment, it's not always about who is the best.

But hey, controversy - well, it hasn't hurt me in 50 years.

I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it was going to be that well received.

The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was.

The three years following the release of See The Light were a whirlwind.