Gary Numan Quotes

It's a songwriter's dream to have a song recorded and run up the charts.

I would like my album to be on the pop side with a little bit of soul. I would like to make music that is on the top of the charts right now.

The success of 'Take Me To Church,' I never imagined it. I never imagined that it would work on radio, that it would find its way onto the charts, even at home and certainly not in America.

It's not difficult getting into the charts in Sweden. It's a very different musical climate, and in a very good way, I think, because artists like Jose Gonzalez or The Knife can actually get on the charts.

Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.

I'm universal. As much as I can get out a 'Firework' with Katy, I can get a 'Lil Freak' out with Usher. Or a 'Lay It Down' with Lloyd. I can get Caribbean as I did on 'Rio,' then go from there to working with No Doubt.

Given that there was that era of girl group music and it's still very popular, but I think if you looked at the chart from that time you would see many more men on it. Because the industry, they were catering to young girls. I mean, that's what they thought their audience was.

I'm a huge Top 40 lover.

I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country.

I must have some sort of record in failing to get into the charts.

Dance music is Madonna's base. It's what she likes, it's what she listens to. It's not anything other than that. She doesn't read what's on the charts. And if it's on time, great. This is who she is.

I pride myself on being the type of artist who can work half in the R&B world and half in the pop world.

I was strictly after hits when it came down to the Jackson 5. That's all I was concerned with.

It's amazing how lucky Westlife were and what we achieved. It's very rare to have seven number ones in a row. Ridiculous in fact.

I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.

Every year, we couldn't believe it, and even when I look back on it now, to sell 14 million singles, 50 million albums and sell out arenas and stadiums, what Westlife achieved was crazy. It's like One Direction probably don't realise how big they are. They'll look back one day and think, 'Holy God, that was pretty amazing.'

I never envisioned being number one for five weeks, knocking Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men off the charts. That's the scariest thing and the greatest thing that ever happened to me.

I never really thought we'd fitted into the cross-over drawer. But I think the real Sugar Ray fans did like us because we always had variety and because we experimented a lot.

People who love R&B will love my music, people who love rock will love my music. It's soulful, it's pop. It's a sound that relates to everyone.

To me, it's exciting that women are dominating the pop charts.

I always wanted to be the first true Latino to break the American barrier, to be on the American charts.

I have such an eclectic taste. I like listening to classical music and pop music.

The easiest way I can describe what makes a pop song a pop song is that it's a song you want to hear over and over.

I have to write pretty songs; that's what gets them on the charts.

My song from 'Footloose,' 'Almost Paradise,' went number 1 dislodging Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' from that spot.