Wayne Static Quotes

I was wildly out of style when that television theme song suddenly pushed its way onto the Top Ten. It was certainly not the record company trying to make that happen.

It can be disheartening to see acts that don't necessarily have any input on their own material to do so well in the charts.

Everything I've ever done in my life has been a fluke.

It wasn't like I felt I was on a wave. It was just so easy. It is only afterwards that I thought I really had a bit of good luck going on there with Yazoo.

I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.

Obviously Spawn was at the top of the charts at that point so you get a lot of opportunities.

Getting to No. 1 makes everyone feel better; of course it does. But it's swings and roundabouts with these things. Sometimes you make a great record, and it clicks with people. And other times it passes them by; there's nothing you can do. It's still the same record.

Man, I was scared. I didn't know what to think. All of a sudden, I got a record climbing the charts, and I'm out in the streets. You know, workin' on the docks. And the first week, it sold something like 40,000 in New Orleans.

We didn't expect 'Boom Boom Pow' to come out the box and be so successful.

I'd say the best thing the Violators and I have done is to dominate the U.S. with an arsenal of smash hits.

We certainly weren't expecting to become pop stars.

I know all too well what it takes to have a hit: A little bit of luck, a little bit of work, a little bit of talent.

Hats off to T-Pain for the 'Low' record.

There are time when, in effect, you can do no wrong, and there are other periods of time when you can do no right, no matter what you do.

I knew I was going to be successful from day one. From day one. That's why it throws me whenever someone says it was such a fluke that I was successful.

Anybody can be a star with the right song.

I think it is important to grab the moment and be ready when the opportunity is in front of you, but people may not be ready when that moment arrives.

We never could have foreseen the success of 'Babel.' It's not like banjo records were soaring up the charts, you know.

Being on the Hot 100 is absolutely amazing.

Early in my life, without any supporting evidence, I fretted over what I believed was my fate: accidentally becoming an international pop star. The pages of my diary were filled with hypothetical ethical dilemmas.

I think hard work is definitely a huge thing, but there is something, if you want to call it luck or whatever - a window of opportunity - that is totally outside of your control, and it's that thing that will sometimes separate a good career from a great career.

The success of 'Take Me To Church,' I never imagined it. I never imagined that it would work on radio, that it would find its way onto the charts, even at home and certainly not in America.

We never imagined ourselves in this unbelievable situation that we're in today such as having concerts all over the world and we believe this is all given to us by the Fox God.

When entrepreneurs talk about their success, they rarely talk about luck. I think that's because most of them think the concept denigrates the hard work and smart thinking they put into their projects. But luck is a huge part of any successful business.

How were we to know 'Highway' would be such a success? It is one of my proudest achievements.