Lauv Quotes

In the U.K., we always had a special relationship with the audiences because it wasn't 'More Than Words' that broke us: it was 'Get The Funk Out' that broke first. That was what we had always dreamed of.

When I put out 'Video Games' in May 2011, it was a 5:25-minute love song; I was surprised when a lot of people said they were listening to it. I was surprised when it went to the radio, without me even knowing how something like that even happens!

Even though I've been reasonably well known for quite a long time, I still can't get a record on daytime radio or on MTV.

I recorded my first song, 'Greetings,' and it got so much attention on SoundCloud. I was not expecting that.

In 2012, I dropped a song called 'Like To Party,' and that just took me all over the world.

We even have a music career. Our song 'Hold On,' charted on Billboard. I mean, we don't have aspirations to tour with Justin Bieber but we have a lot of different interests and talents.

I really want my music to go mainstream.

We used to call it recurrent airplay when someone had a hit.

The music industry is saying, This is the format, and if you'll fit into this format, you can be on radio, and if radio will play you, MTV will expose you, and MTV will expose you, we'll sell records.

I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET.

I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.

How does a band like System of a Down get big?

After two years in the songwriting world, I wrote 'All About That Bass.' L.A. Reid heard it and signed me as an artist.

MTV made a huge impact. Heavy rotation took you from selling 1m albums to 20m albums, and that meant a lot of dough.

The music business is rougher than the movie business. In film you get noticed in a small role, even in a movie that bombs. But in records you better have that hit or else it's 'See you later.'

The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums.

I'm going to continue posting on my YouTube, which is youtube.com/nolansotillo. So I mean, if I get signed and come out with an album, it would be just another... that is a goal of mine.

I'm not worried about no charts or how long it's been out. Our records never go away.

I don't want to be a small-time, independent, successful rapper.

Often, it's the little things, like the title of a song, that can make a huge difference in its success.

I had a record called 'Touchdown.' It was really bubbling in my city, and I used to go to different clubs and perform.

If I'm honest, I never knew 'Fast Car' was going to be my first single.

All record companies want big-selling records, and my music is a little too raw for commercial success.

When you are a commercial music artist, your music depends on your popularity.

I think the process of 'I Love It' becoming such a big song opened my eyes to sides of the industry that I'd never been aware of, which I wasn't so into.