Chris Daughtry Quotes

Bands that say they don't care about how their records sell are liars.

Some musicians like to decorate their walls with discs saying: '1 million records sold in America.' I prefer to put up discs marking sales in lesser-known countries.

I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records.

I think if we keep on doing good music and people like us and they buy the magazine because we are in the magazine then they cant basically hate us hopefully.

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

If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky.

The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.

We were excited when we sold our first 10 records. I always felt that if we could get the music out there, and if people became accustomed to it, then a substantial number of them would enjoy it.

When radio stations started playing music the record companies started suing radio stations. They thought now that people could listen to music for free, who would want to buy a record in a record shop? But I think we all agree that radio stations are good stuff.

Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because people aren't buying records anymore.

Even though I am signed to an American label, I want Australia to fall in love with my music because if it doesn't work here, it won't work anywhere.

But I remember we sold nearly 18,000 records in one day.

Music is always occurring. It is just a matter of marketing, attention, and many other factors, that determines whether people will hear these songs or not.

Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.

If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or number 60. I don't know, that's a commercial thing, but just the fact that other people like you... there's no point in making music, otherwise. Otherwise, you might as well make it in your bedroom and leave it there.

When I started playing music, people weren't selling 5 million records. That was not the standard; that was not the focus.

I wouldn't say that 'Wowee Zowee' was a success. We probably had a chance, had I focused a little more, to capitalize on the attention the band got for 'Crooked Rain.'

My biggest frustration is the lack of scale in the music industry. The fact that no one has sold 100 million copies of an album is frustrating.

You don't really need a lot of hype and to be famous to sell songs.

Back in the '90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle.

I want to sell out arenas and sell millions of records.

I don't want to put my fate in country music fans; I'm too stubborn.

Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music and you always have to keep that in mind.

I guess I've been making records since I was 16, and even when 50 people bought them, I thought that was amazing.

If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.