Biz Markie Quotes

I made this record in the late '80s called 'Diamonds and Dirt,' and it was a big hit. It had five No. 1's, and it was my commercial peak, really.

There's gonna be a lot of great songs, but there ain't going to be another 'Trap Queen.'

It was really weird to have a hit. Of course, we had a certain level of fame in the Pixies, but nothing I had ever done had been mall-kid friendly.

Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones.

I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.

Oh, Michael Jackson is Michael Jackson. And no matter if he sold 40 million records off of one record and sold 15 off his last or whatever the counts may be, Michael Jackson will be Michael Jackson.

I'm not a pop star.

Our first album sold a million copies. Because we had such a big hit on the first album, it's always like, 'You can't top the first album.'

I'd rather give one hit song than a flop film.

I would love to work with Drake. I think he's such a pop star, and he's dropping amazing songs.

I don't know why we sold a lot of records or why so many people came to see us. Like 'Sabotage' - would you put that song on, like, 'I'm gonna listen to that right now?' It's a weird choice.

I'm not heart-broken if I don't have a hit. But I guess a hit would help. It makes the money go up a bit.

I would definitely want a hit record, but I still want the success to be around the album. Only the music can help me.

I'm so proud of 'Break a Little.'

My dad, Billy Ray, he had a huge hit in the '90s with 'Achy Breaky Heart.' And, you know, as a kid I always said I wanted to be just like my dad. And it's crazy - just be careful what you wish for because I had the same thing he had, which was a huge hit off his first album.

I want to take it really far in Spanish; even non-Spanish speakers listen to my music across the world. Even though they don't know what I'm saying, they really feel it. We want to take it to another level and keep building our name. We want to take it really far just in Spanish.

Look, when a song becomes a hit, it happens because of its tune and melody, and not for the lyrics in the first place.

People have compared me to Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Eminem, and J. Cole. They bring substance and largely are all good storytellers, and those are two of my biggest strengths. It's dope to be compared to people who have longevity in the game because that's the most important thing for me: I want my name to live forever.

I figured the songs wouldn't make much of a splash. I didn't think 'Take Me To Church' would play on the radio or get in the charts, and I didn't think about dealing with a global audience.

Could you imagine being from Siberia? Like, a small part of Russia, where it's like, 'When was the last time Russia was having a super big international pop star in the U.S.?' I don't know, but I can name a few from Sweden. I think that gives us a lot of confidence in being pop stars because we're like, 'Oh, we actually can. We know we can.'

I got started when I was about 15, or 16. My first break through was the Vans song with my group The Pack. That became a worldwide thing.

I always knew 'My Dawg' would be a hit, but I didn't even know what a hit was. When I made the song I knew it sounded hard.

The 'Frampton' album sold better than all of the other solo records that I'd had, put together. It was over 300,000 copies, so that was a good signal that we were poised for my first gold record.

I knew 'Ojuelegba' was a good song, but I didn't expect it to blow up the way that it did.

It was kind of like, my worst crime was that I was a pop star.