Sam Smith Quotes

As a musician, I know that it'll take time for me to get to the ranks of an established artiste. Nevertheless, I'm very happy that people are appreciating my music.

When you get to the 35-year mark in your career, you make albums for your fans to love you more, so they don't forget about you.

Even at my biggest, I want to be writing for other artists. Even at my peak - the highest I can be as an artist - I always want to be keeping my creative juices flowing, keeping money in the bank, putting my intellectual property out there.

My greatest reward is knowing for certain, as I do with many other acts and artistes, that without Jonathan King being alive and involved, Genesis would not exist, and the guys would have had careers as intended - as accountants and lawyers!

I still have people saying to me, 'Oh, you're still together?' They don't realize Leppard's been around this whole time, because people just don't get to hear us.

Backstreet has been around a long time. Normally, groups like us have a shelf life of two to four years. We always wanted to have a long stay in the music world.

You know what I find truly amazing? I haven't had a hit record since the mid-'80s, and still people show up to pack up the places I'm playing.

It's been so great to have an album people believe in.

Pony' was one of the biggest songs of my career. It was really hard to follow that up.

I just want to write another record that's as good or better than the one I've already made. That's my main goal, to follow up stronger than before.

What made Andy famous was the years I managed him. I created the Velvet Underground and told him not to worry about them because they would help his career. All those things I did created his fame.

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

It's a sense of pride, a sense of you set out to get a record deal, and we got that. We set out to get a No. 1 record, and then we got that. Then you say, 'Wow, that was impossible and now even more impossible is to stay No. 1 and stay current and put out new records that people care about,' and we really stuck to that.

We've always used that as a goal - the record that literally every single track on it could be a hit. A record that breaks doors down, that opens up new opportunities to us, that helps you achieve true immortality as an artist.

A Grammy is a wonderful thing; all of a sudden you're given a new audience but, like anything, you have to be able to grow with these songs if you really want a long artistic career.

You make some good music, people are gonna find you.

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

I don't mind talking about the Dixie Chicks, because I feel like it's still alive and kicking.

I have a fan base. I've sold a million albums in country music. I've got fans out there who love my music and would like to hear more.

I remember at one stage, I was like, 'Oh no. I'm going to be remembered as the 'Do You Mind' Girl.'

Pantera is a marquee band, with the most diehard fans. We sold over 20 million records without MTV or radio.

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

There is something about musical narrative and Australians. If you want to do something, you kind of have to do it at a level - because we're so far away from everywhere else - that exceeds what is just normal if you want to convince people that some guy from Australia is worth backing for an original musical.

Forever, for me, it was just about trying to make it and become a known person and loved and revered in hip-hop and the culture. But then, I even realized that that isn't really important. What's mainly important is just the fans and the connection that you have as a man and an artist.

The Strokes will never get anywhere after that first record.