Yngwie Malmsteen Quotes

Trevor Horn has worked with some of the biggest stars there is. And he was happy to do a record with me. He's worked with some amazing people, and then there's little old me walking in.

I would love to have a number one hit. The truth is if I don't get one, I'll be fine, but at the same time, the truth is that I'm dying for one, as well.

I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.

It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.

To be in the charts and hanging around with such huge names in the industry just feels like a complete privilege! I can't even explain how it feels - complete dream come true.

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

The ultimate revenge is being on Top Of The Pops.

Like every artist that comes out, you want to make a mark; you want to be a household name and you want to be someone that people are going to look back in ten years/fifteen years' time and go, 'I love this guy Olly Murs. He was brilliant back in the day; he was someone I really, really liked.'

Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.

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.

I think every artist wants to have that 'Grammy award winner' tag in front of their name.

I wouldn't know Robbie Williams if I fell over him.

To do anything with someone like Bono or someone would be like, you know, a milestone, I think, as a musician.

I want to be the next legend.

I never thought that I would have the No 1 song in the world.

We're really excited to be even talked about in the same breath as Foo Fighters or Metallica.

Part of being a pop star is image. I'm told by many of my female fans that I was the poster on their bedroom walls. But if I only had that - the image and the beauty and the curly locks - I would have been a 'normal' pop star, one who comes and goes after one hit record.

That was everything to me as a kid. When I'd see someone on MTV, it was like, 'Wow, they're the real deal.'

I never thought that I would share a hit parade with the Beatles.

I want to be one of those ones: a legend.

I always say that my biggest goal is a Grammy, and on the way there I will grab everything that is given.

I've never been the big recording star I'd love to be some day. I've had lots of hits off and on through the years but I've never had the success of other artists - one hit after another back-to-back-to-back and big hits, where every song is going to be number one. I'm not greedy or nothing. I just want everything. Is there something wrong with that?

I'm pretty much happy with the things that have been handed to me already. Seven albums, eight arena tours ... I think there's nothing I really would look forward to besides winning a Grammy one day if that would happen.

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

I'm really fortunate that I've had some mega hits.