Matthew Ramsey Quotes

I never think any song really feels like a 'hit' - a song either feels good or bad, in my opinion.

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

When 'I'm Sorry' came out and became such a huge hit, that made 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' start selling. Then that became a huge, huge hit.

People spend their careers trying to figure out what makes a hit single. But I learned a long time ago that you can't anticipate what people want, because it's always going to change.

If I tried to make a commercial album, it would be a complete flop. I have no idea what the world at large likes.

'One More Summer' is one of those songs that I think will go over really well.

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.

Melodic songs that people can relate to has always been our thing.

If it's a good song, it doesn't really matter if it's trendy or not. It will hit.

Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn't think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!

It's a weird thing to say you want people to be sick of your song, but I guess that's what happens if your song goes really well.

You don't really write a hit song - you write a great song, and then, if the public decides it's a hit, they take over from there. The song becomes its own monster.

Nobody ever knows how big a song is going to be.

Every time I have a song that does well, that's a great feeling to have.

The Chitranna song from Buddhivanta' has done wonders and turned things around for me. Everyone's humming it, including kids, and that's a huge compliment.

I think no composer knows he's creating a hit until the audience gives it a nod.

The way I picked the tracks for '99.9%' was based on the feeling of, 'Is this going to be a hit?' I wanted songs that people would immediately hear and remember.

We don't want it to be obscure music. We're not trying to be indie. We want to be popular.

New York sounds like something that I could really listen to. It's like a vibe; it's a hit song. It's a song that you could listen to in five years and still like.

I think it's a shame that 'Woman in Chains' wasn't a hit at the time, although it's become one of people's favorite songs.

When 'Joker' came out in '73, I finally got a viral hit. Every DJ who heard it played it.

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.

We were the ones that from the beginning said that 'Wide Open Spaces' was a hit. 'This is a hit, people are going to relate to it.'

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.

What is a hit? Who can tell? Who decides what a hit sounds like? I needed to remind myself that a hit is whatever people decide is a hit. I don't make hits; I make music. People make hits.