Tom Odell Quotes

Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.

People spend their careers trying to figure out what makes a hit single. But I learned a long time ago that you can't anticipate what people want, because it's always going to change.

I'm not deluded enough to think that everyone who knows my name is a listener. You know, I hope that part of that interest - part of that public interest - has to do with me still making records that people like.

I think the British viewing and listening public are very fickle. If they like you they will listen to you, they will watch you. If they change their mind then it's all over.

Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.

A lot of people, they want you to be a one-hit wonder.

Pop music thrives on repetition. You know a song's a hit when you've heard it so often that you'll be happy never to hear it again.

In the years between 2000 and 2004, I always got the feeling that people were just starting to hear about me, and they were all late to the game. I'd be out playing shows for records that I recorded back in 1999 that were just coming out.

People know 'Milkshake' like a jingle, but they don't really know who I am.

You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.

I know I will never have a hit single in America.

I see the Ricky Martin thing, and everything is like, just packaged for this moment. Where are they going to be 10 years, 20 years from now?

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

I've had a few ditty hits.

For songs to be big, I don't think there's a certain formula to it.

I'm glad 'Honest' came out right after 'Karate Chop,' because I don't want to be seen as a one-hit wonder.

I've never been overexposed or in people's faces, although there are some who argue that in the late '70s and early '80s, I was played a lot!

It was kind of like, my worst crime was that I was a pop star.

Musicians should understand that it is not just about creating one hit but to sustain it at the top.

I think, back in the '80s when I was having hits all the time, I took it for granted.

I have sung some great songs, and fortunately, all have gone to become hits.

You get x amount of years at the top… boybands are like buses - there's always another one coming along.

Love has sold more songs than you've had hot dinners.

[Miley Cyrus] got a fantastic voice. I do think she's a fantastic artist and does great songs. I wish her all the best.

You can fool some of the people part of the time in a rock and roll song, fifty million Elvis Presley fans can't be all wrong.