Kenny Chesney Quotes

I would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless.

I'm a pretty successful songwriter and known in some circles, but I didn't think the story of my career was of any real entertainment value.

My whole life is about being Nicki Minaj now. It's a never-ending saga.

It's honestly every time that I'm doing something, and every time I visit a station and hear my song on the radio and people buying my stuff, I'm like 'Are you kidding me? This is insane!'

After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It's in my den where I can look at it every day. I wear it out lookin' at it.

We had an EP out and all of a sudden we find record companies are interested in us, and we're thinking, 'Oh, that's really nice, but we don't think we're ready for it.'

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

It's so ironic - when you finally achieve recognition, you hide behind dark glasses.

All these interviews I'm doing - this is the kind of stuff that I was dreaming about doing when I was younger. I was praying for people to want to write about me. I wanted people to hear my music. I wanted to perform. I wanted to be on billboards.

I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't.

I didn't realize what an impact having a No. 1 single would have. It connects me with people of different ages, and I get to travel all over the world.

It's weird. Prior to having my first record, Corey Hart was just my name.

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

The people who think I'm famous are knitters. Most of my life, I'm wildly unrecognized.

I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I'm happy to entertain people by being a star.

If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.

I absolutely love Nicole Scherzinger. She's worked really hard to get to where she is and really knows her stuff.

You know, if nobody knows who you are, nobody's going to buy your record.

I've been this voice of a lot of upbeat dance tracks, but people don't really know 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.

To me, being in the big time is not that big of a deal. I've been there; I know what it is. It's exciting, but it's also a lot of work and pressure. I love sort of flying under the radar where we can play theaters and sell CD's on the Internet, and it's really kind of a cool time.

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

This whole 'X Factor' thing with people assuming I'm going to be a one-hit wonder - that won't happen with me.

My understanding of this life is that you tour and play for years and years, have some longevity and a steady career. That may sound boring, but I always thought that was less depressing than being a one-hit wonder.

I've never been critically acclaimed. I've never been nominated for no Grammy. I've never been on no magazine cover. It's almost taboo to say I'm actually good.