Chris Brown Quotes

To come out in the music business, you only really get one shot. A lot of people get to play small gigs first, and build up that way, without anyone really seeing them.

It wasn't the muso thing that got me recognition in the beginning. It was doing 'Wild Thing.'

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

Going from someone playing 15-people venues to performing at the Grammys, it was this giant leap and sort of showed me it was possible with what I wanted to do and the kind of music I wanted to write and artist I want to be to impact a lot of people.

It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record.

It only took me six months to get a record deal, but it took me 20 years to have a hit.

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.

In 1972 through '74, right before we hit it big, we were hauling our own equipment into the club and setting up and playing for, I don't know, a hundred bucks a night.

There have been artists who've sold out arenas one year, and the next they can't fill a theatre. There's always more to achieve.

At 18, I finally came into a relationship with a record label. My family got back on its feet. I was happy.

When I got my deal with Cash Money, it changed my whole life.

I had never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would actually be singing on a top 10 Billboard song.

I'm so proud of 'Break a Little.'

I always said that I want to sell out Madison Square Garden before I turn 21.

I've been working at this for a while now, so seeing the success of 'Sweet but Psycho' is kind of mind-blowing, but it's exciting.

I don't want to sell my soul or anything, but to go on a huge tour would be next level.

Success happened for me when I dropped my first major label album for Def Jam, 'Live From The Underground.'

I think we achieved what we wanted to achieve. It was a short time period but we had broken America, we had been a worldwide success, and certainly George, as a songwriter, was outgrowing Wham!

A moment for me that changed everything was hearing my song on the radio for the first time.

I got that first record out, it came out in '47... Then my name began to ring around. I began to take over. From that point, I tell you, Chicago was in my hand, all the more time that those guys had to listen to me.

To reach the highest level you have to not just have a dream and focus but you also have to make sure you are writing great songs, and if you feel they're what you want to represent you, that is key. But getting out on the road is key. And get your music out there. Maybe something catches, maybe it gets picked up and used on television, you just never know.

I got signed to Ring Of Honor because Jim Cornette happened to be paying attention to something I was doing.

I never thought in my wildest dreams I'd ever be offered a record deal, and to get a Christmas No. 1 would be huge for any performer, let alone an ex-footballer.

I still get the bus into town, still do all the things I used to before I was signed.

Signing with Sony/ATV was life changing for me.