Will Smith Quotes

I know I will never have a hit single in America.

It's such a cycle. You'll see a rapper drop a song, and next thing you know, he's gone.

I'd love to have a hit record. I don't believe anyone that says they wouldn't like that.

I haven't had a big hit record in America since 1987.

I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album.

When you are in your 20's and 30's, you just want a hit record and you don't really care how it happens.

I was a 10 million-plus selling artist.

When you have a song on the radio your career and your life changes maybe for the better and maybe for the not so good... depending on how it's going that day.

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.

You know what I find truly amazing? I haven't had a hit record since the mid-'80s, and still people show up to pack up the places I'm playing.

My original goal was to get into the Top 100. I listened to every song in the Top 100 every day. I knew them all - this is where the gods reside.

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.

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

Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.

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!

I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on.

With the success of Immature, I wanted to start the group B2K, which ended up being one of the biggest urban boy bands in history.

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

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.

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.

When I came out of service, the first couple of releases didn't really hit so I just took a little hiatus and sat down to see what was happening. I just glued my ears to the radio and then I started writing - the first hit record that came out was 'Everybody Loves a Winner.'

My stage name has always been 'Armin van Buuren.' When I really started DJ'ing professionally, I already had a few U.K. hits under my belt under the name 'Armin', so I couldn't really change that anymore.

Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big.