Rodney Crowell Quotes

You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.

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

I just feel really lucky to have had some hits because we had a lot of time where we didn't have them. It's better to have a hit. You can ask anyone - U2, Green Day - and they'll tell you the same thing.

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

The ultimate revenge is being on Top Of The Pops.

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

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

If I could sell 500 million records every time, it would be great. But I've also had the luxury experience of having it when I was a teenager, in a very kind of model version of it.

After 'Sports' came out in the fall of 1983, everything changed for me. Four of the album's singles became top-10 hits, and by the end of June in 1984, the album was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was quite a ride, and for the first time I had enough money to live the way I wanted.

The music industry is really funny, when you have a hit record, everyone knows who are you, everyone wants to do duets with you, then if you have a miss, people suffer from amnesia.

I'm not one of those spoiled rock stars who complains about how tedious it is to perform my old hits.

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.

We weren't One Hit Wonders. We had a few hits.

I don't have a problem being on 'MTV,' and I don't have a problem being on the radio. I actually like it. So there. And anyone that calls me a sell out is just jealous.

I knew people liked me on 'American Idol,' but I didn't think they'd care to come see me sing at my own show.

I'm not like Stephanie Mills or Whitney Houston with actual hits. My fans think everything I did was a hit.

If you become famous and don't have a live show to back it up, they're not going to pay you any money.

Not many artists or bands go platinum every year, from what people have told me, so it's an honor to have so many fans. A million people, that's a lot of people! Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Justin Timberlake sell a few million, and so hopefully I'll make my way up to that.

It's pretty weird to me that our music is as popular as it is.

I've had a few ditty hits.

It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.

After putting out songs with 26 million views on YouTube, your life changes a little bit. Suddenly everyone's like, 'Where's the album?'

I'm not concerned at all to have a number one song or a top 10 or top 50 or top whatever.

One thing that I do want to say is Drake, as an artist, anybody has to respect him. He's in the game, and he's been in the game - he has longevity, even if he doesn't write or writes his music.

I came second in 'The Voice of Finland' in 2012 and my career really exploded at home. I had 300 gigs a year.