Todd Rundgren Quotes

We weren't One Hit Wonders. We had a few hits.

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

I could bear being in the charts and being on everyone's car radio 10 times a day. I'm just terrified of... a lot of people I respect have done it with a real little 'ditty' and that was the end of it - that was all they were ever known for.

I don't have a long history of hit singles of my own. I had a few, and I had a little hot streak in the '70s, but I've had a lot of success producing other people.

With The Guess Who, it took us fifty-something singles before we had hits.

One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist.

By the time my first album was out, I had been out in Jamaica three or four years, but I had hits out at that time that were bona fide hits.

A lot of my die-hard fans think I have a lot of hits, but I don't.

I'm not like Stephanie Mills or Whitney Houston with actual hits. My fans think everything I did was a hit.

In this business, you're as good as your last hit record, and mine was more than 26 years ago.

I've had a few ditty hits.

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.

It will shock many - I've lived a full life and really enjoyed my time as a pop star.

I would never take part in one of those Eighties nostalgia tours, although I've been asked many times, because it's like admitting you have nothing new to offer. As long as I can keep making music I'm happy with, and people want to come to my gigs to hear it, I'll carry on.

My first record came out in 1961 and then I had one come out in 1962 and then I had two that came out in 1964.

After 'Sports' came out in the fall of 1983, everything changed for me. Four of the album's singles became top-10 hits, and by the end of June in 1984, the album was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was quite a ride, and for the first time I had enough money to live the way I wanted.

I know that bands that haven't put out a record for 10 years are playing to 20,000 people a night. But that's not the achievement.

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

I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world.

It's interesting, because as a musician, I don't feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts.

The world still hasn't seen the best of Sean Paul.

Hard rock may have faded from the media for a time, but I've always been able to make a living, if not in America, then in the rest of the world.

I've just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesn't qualify as a hit record-but it's really the best single I've ever had.

I always kind of think if The Beatles were still around now, people would've lost interest quite a long time ago. Seven years of recording - it's there forever. I think not outstaying your welcome is a vital ingredient.