Conrad Sewell Quotes

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.

I don't want to put my fate in country music fans; I'm too stubborn.

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.

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 think if we keep on doing good music and people like us and they buy the magazine because we are in the magazine then they cant basically hate us hopefully.

Music is always occurring. It is just a matter of marketing, attention, and many other factors, that determines whether people will hear these songs or not.

It's always a positive when radio is playing your music and fans are responding.

I think it's really cool when any of your songs play on the radio for the first time.

As a musician, I know that it'll take time for me to get to the ranks of an established artiste. Nevertheless, I'm very happy that people are appreciating my music.

Obviously, it's great to know that your music is being listened to.

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.

I mean that'd be great if we could continue to be staples of alt-rock radio. I don't take that for granted.

There is a lot of music in the world that I love that does not always get the appropriate exposure.

A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.

But MTV relishes its vestigial role as a star maker, so every year it puts all its clout into making the VMAs the biggest, splashiest, loudest show-biz extravaganza of the year, honoring all this music for existing, after a year of paying barely any attention to it.

I still listen to a lot of the classics from Bob Dylan and John Martin, but I love electronic music as well. I'm a big fan of an Australian DJ and producer called Flume, who I think is incredible. He should be more successful in the U.K.!

I know a lot of people who wouldn't be comfortable with everything that comes with being in a band as big as Nirvana. The thing that I don't understand is not appreciating that simple gift of being able to play music.

New York gave me hell for that 'Purple Swag,' man. They didn't respect me until 'Peso.'

I don't know if a song is going to be a hit or it's going to flop. I never know. I just do the music and if people like it, they like it.

I'm gonna be honest. I don't care about much. I care about people liking my music. I made it very far without nothing being on radio.

I'm making music for the people. If y'all love the music, y'all gonna buy the music.

It's a bummer sometimes but I always believe that great bands and great music always prevail.

The Grammy is the highest honor in music that we can receive, outside of having fans come and watch you every night and clap.

If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or number 60. I don't know, that's a commercial thing, but just the fact that other people like you... there's no point in making music, otherwise. Otherwise, you might as well make it in your bedroom and leave it there.

Everyone who hears our music loves it, but how many people get to hear it?