Richard Ashcroft Quotes

I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once you've got those two, and they're your main two priorities, then radio and TV and all the other stuff that comes with it will come. But that's not the be-all end-all.

I'm very lucky that people are able to say, 'Oh, that's that Moody Blues guy!' I'm very fortunate with that. That's all. Without the songs, I think, I'd just be a pretty average karaoke singer. In the end, it comes down to the songs: the strength of the songs.

I just want to be an inspiration. I'm a rock star, I'm Future Hendrix.

I am only as good as my last song. Hits are a pension, but I don't want to rest on those songs. I want to have a future.

Success is based on music, not where you're from.

I'ma continue to make records, continue to make hits, continue to be what I am, legendary.

I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them.

If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now.

After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring.

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.

The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.

The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities.

I have always believed that there is nothing greater than a life in rock n' roll - it has to be good rock n' roll - and I still think it is true.

The music I have created, along with the other Beach Boys, has taken me all over the world. For these past 50 years, I guess you could say, 'I get around.'

I just want to write a great lyric and write a great song, and everything else is icing on the cake.

When the first album came out and I heard 'Do It Again' on the radio, that was the greatest thing that had ever happened. After that, it was all downhill.

I admire Gaga. She's very talented and wise, that girl.

I enjoy keeping busy, and fortunately for me, there's a large audience out there who are keen to hear me sing. It's their love and affection that keep me going.

We want to be just like the greatest band. But I think we're just sort of both naturally humorous fellas.

Raffi doesn't have any grand theories about why his music has been so successful, but he credits a group called the Babysitters as early inspiration.

When Ariana Grande was starting out, everyone was like, 'You're just like Mariah Carey!' She inspires me so much because she just kept going and made her own name, and no one even says that anymore.

My concept is not bigger than Weather Report. I am Weather Report. It comes through me; I do not create nothing. It comes from being a child and listening to the radio every day of my life.

I always say that I want to be like 2Pac. If I were to die tomorrow, I want to know that I have enough music to put out for my fans for years to come.