Scott Weiland Quotes

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

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

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

The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.

Bands that say they don't care about how their records sell are liars.

I'm like a twenty-two-year-old kid in a new band trying to get noticed and break through, because the vast majority of people have never seen me play live.

MTV made a huge impact. Heavy rotation took you from selling 1m albums to 20m albums, and that meant a lot of dough.

If 'Life in Marvelous Times' can't get on the radio, then I don't need to be on the radio.

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.

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

If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or number 60. I don't know, that's a commercial thing, but just the fact that other people like you... there's no point in making music, otherwise. Otherwise, you might as well make it in your bedroom and leave it there.

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

You don't know how a song is gonna do; you don't know where it's gonna live. You know if it feels real, if it feels authentic.

Our crowds seem to keep growing whether we put out a record or not, so I feel very lucky to have that support.

I was asked, 'Why do you think the male 'X Factor' winners haven't been successful in the past?' And I said, 'Because obviously the body of work that they've brought out wasn't good enough,' and that was it.

Black Ken' debuted number one on iTunes in hip-hop, and top five or ten top, top five on the whole iTunes, on all genres. It was really cool to be able to self-produce.

I was aware of all the artists who make good debut records over the years, but no one hears them - and I wanted to make sure that didn't happen in my case.

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.

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

When I put out 'Video Games' in May 2011, it was a 5:25-minute love song; I was surprised when a lot of people said they were listening to it. I was surprised when it went to the radio, without me even knowing how something like that even happens!

If any of our songs ever did make it on the top ten, I'd disband the group immediately.

We were excited when we sold our first 10 records. I always felt that if we could get the music out there, and if people became accustomed to it, then a substantial number of them would enjoy it.

Slow, Deep And Hard was a great album, even though it was probably our least selling record.

I always thought my records were number one; it's just the charts didn't think so.

I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.