Rodney Crowell Quotes

Crossfire's done very well. I knew it was a great song, but I didn't know it would be so big.

The song This Kiss was definitely my breakthrough song. After that, Breathe was my breakthrough album.

I think every one of our songs could be a Top 10 record.

I think a lot of my dreams have come true, and my next dream is to have a No. 1 selling album. A Grammy-award-winning album.

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

I never really think so much about commercial success; I usually just think about records that move me, and 'Baby Got Back' was one that moved me.

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 went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia.

In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world.

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 really want to make a great record, like my 'Rumours' or 'Thriller.'

Camila Cabello, she's great.

Being promoted as a bubble-gum type artist that has one hit and it's all over is not something I want to do. I want a long career. I want to continue to play guitar and have as much guitar in there as possible in a commercial song without being too indulgent.

The end game is always a hit song.

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 thought my second record was good, but it didn't have that smash hit we did on the first one that somehow found its way onto tons of formats of radio stations.

Usually when I make a record, I know what the potential is going to be, but I didn't know that 'Just A Friend' was going to be that big. 'Just A Friend' opened a world up where I never knew the difference between being a pop star and a regular rap star. It was crazy.

Success happened for me when I dropped my first major label album for Def Jam, 'Live From The Underground.'

Did Amy Winehouse have a hit single from 'Frank?' I love 'Frank,' but people didn't really pay attention to her until 'Back to Black.' So no, I haven't had a hit single. I personally am not bothered about that.

I wanted to be the country version of Stevie Nicks, but before you knew it, I was heading in a pop direction, touring the world, having No. 1 singles, and loving every minute of it.

We call 'Ain't No Mountain' the golden egg that landed us at Motown.

I've only had one platinum album, and it's 'Red River Blue'.

I had no idea what to expect when we did Ladies' Night. I didn't think it was going to get nominated for a Grammy. I didn't know that we would have to perform on the MTV Awards show.

I want to sell out arenas and make an album and work with some of the best artists in the world.