Armaan Malik Quotes

I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jimmy Page gave me the MOJO Maverick award. I got an Ivor Novella Award for my very first song.

I wanna be the most successful socially aware artist: Grammys, number one singles, albums, overseas and internationally-known household name, all that.

The Songwriters Hall of fame, that's the one all the big-time writers get into, the really great stuff, the Broadway stuff and all that. That would be something, to get your name in there.

There's no doubt in my mind or anyone else's mind that people like Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, and Sam Smith are where they are because they're supremely talented people, and I have a lot of respect for them.

It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.

We've been around long enough and have been to enough award shows to know that it is easy to lose to Phil Collins at any time.

Before the Beatles, songwriters were very anonymous people and nobody paid any attention to them.

I actually like Taylor Swift. I admire what she's been able to do on some levels.

Winning a Grammy is always going to be good.

I want to thank Bollywood for accepting me and loving me the way I am and my songs. Bollywood has given me the reach.

To be considered for the hottest breakthrough MC of 2011, it's obviously an honor, but I want to be the hottest.

It's very difficult to get recognized in Bollywood. There are so many talented singers and so much competition.

Both the industries, be it Bollywood or music, have been really kind to me.

My whole life is about being Nicki Minaj now. It's a never-ending saga.

But the Grammys is just not something I can take too seriously. It would be a mistake to hinge my happiness on something so completely out of my control.

You can tell when you're in a hit.

I was very blessed with 'N Sync. It was a big success and it was a lot of fun.

In pop music, the public usually see the results - the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours - but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won't make it.

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like.

I didn't realize what an impact having a No. 1 single would have. It connects me with people of different ages, and I get to travel all over the world.

I'm hungry for VMAs and Grammys. That's my main goal.

You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.

I'm still proud of what I've done, even if it hasn't been the biggest song on the radio or hasn't gone to number one.

I would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless.

If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world.