Kip Winger Quotes

I would sell 2 million records, a million went to teenagers and a million went to the adults. So, when The Beatles became so popular, I lost a million to the teenagers, but I was still selling a million to the adults.

D.C. is one my largest audiences. They buy tons of records of mine in Washington, D.C.

Pop is the most competitive form of music there is. You are always fighting to be adopted and accepted by the masses, and it's always shifting.

I enjoy music that is commercial. I think that in order for music to be heard in a lot of different situations, you have to always consider that. Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music, and you always have to keep that in mind. It's not so much financial as making sure it gets the shot and is heard on the radio.

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.

It was so simple in the old days. You put out an album, people promoted it, it got in the charts, and you had a hit.

Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music and you always have to keep that in mind.

The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business.

It's not like, I don't know, if Madonna has a new record out, then everybody from Bangkok to Birmingham knows what its called and can buy it the same week. But our stuff is not in that mass market.

But I remember we sold nearly 18,000 records in one day.

The 'rock world' is a lot smaller than it used to be. It's doing a lot less things than it used to be. From Woodstock back in the day and Rage Against the Machine, no one sells millions of records anymore.

People get passionate about a song. It's been my experience if you put out radio candy, something commercial, it doesn't sell records.

Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.

I'm making music for the people. If y'all love the music, y'all gonna buy the music.

What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.

My father would make record after record, and he'd be so surprised at what would sell and what wouldn't.

Man, I was scared. I didn't know what to think. All of a sudden, I got a record climbing the charts, and I'm out in the streets. You know, workin' on the docks. And the first week, it sold something like 40,000 in New Orleans.

When you finish a song, your first thought is going to be, 'Is this song a hit?' I hate that we think that way, because it kind of takes a little bit of the meaning out of the songs that are being written, but you're definitely going to think, 'Can this song be put on the radio?'

The streets buy records, but they don't really buy records in incredible numbers.

There is no everlasting power in the music of today. Everyone is running after record sales.

I'm not really concerned so much with the industry, except in country music, as long as our fans keep coming to the shows and keep buying the records and we keep having success on country radio.

We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, and that's fantastic, but what about the people who would never hear about our band?

Nobody wants to hear R&B. It's sad. If you want to be on the radio you got to stay young.

I become more seasoned, it's less interesting to try and compete in the pop market.

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