David Bryan Quotes

I wrote my first single, 'Keep Your Head Up,' and that's what got me on the radio and helped me develop a whole base around the country.

Before, I was more concerned with getting on the radio, like many young artists.

I guess I've been making records since I was 16, and even when 50 people bought them, I thought that was amazing.

I feel like I'd like to continue putting out records and start putting them out more rapidly than I have until now and for me if I can keep selling the records to the fans that already like me that's fine.

All of the sudden the audiences started getting younger and the spread of the attendance was really wide. I think it's as a result of the records selling more that they started following our careers.

A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.

I'm gonna be honest. I don't care about much. I care about people liking my music. I made it very far without nothing being on radio.

As I started to consider a career in music, I hoped for success, truthfully. I didn't imagine anything that would amass the level of the first record, but I hoped that I would be able to sustain a career.

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 was doing sold-out shows before I got radio play.

I want to sell out arenas and sell millions of records.

I don't want to put my fate in country music fans; I'm too stubborn.

I mean that'd be great if we could continue to be staples of alt-rock radio. I don't take that for granted.

With the 'Silly Boy' track, I mean, people knew about it, but it wasn't really like, 'oh that's Eva Simons.' But when 'Take Over Control' came out, that's when people started to get interested in me personally, which is great because it was something I really believed in.

Some musicians like to decorate their walls with discs saying: '1 million records sold in America.' I prefer to put up discs marking sales in lesser-known countries.

I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made music was you got on a major label and you got famous.

It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me what you mean by 'making it': Do you want to be a rock star or do you want music to be your livelihood?

The 'Inside' record definitely opened up a whole new audience.

I'm not deluded enough to think that everyone who knows my name is a listener. You know, I hope that part of that interest - part of that public interest - has to do with me still making records that people like.

I'm overjoyed and honored to become a member of the Hollywood Records family. I've admired the careers they've made and can't wait to see how my musical path is paved out.

It doesn't matter how good you are as a band or how good your music may be; if the fans aren't supporting it and buying your music, it's hard to make it.

The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums.

I was one of the first artists to make a buzz about '106 & Park.' If it wasn't for that show, I wouldn't be the entertainer that I am today.

I made a dollar a day sweeping a laundry out. Then we made a record that was number two in Los Angeles. We got so excited hearing it on the radio that Carl threw up.

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.