Artist Ambition Quotes

There was never really a Plan B for me - I always wanted to be a music artist.

I know I'm a pop star. But sometime I'd like to be a rock star.

Like every artist that comes out, you want to make a mark; you want to be a household name and you want to be someone that people are going to look back in ten years/fifteen years' time and go, 'I love this guy Olly Murs. He was brilliant back in the day; he was someone I really, really liked.'

Conquering America for a U.K. artist is incredible because that's what everybody wants and dreams about. The accomplishment is dominating a market which you aren't familiar with.

People don't get signed by Def Jam every day on my block.

I just really want to make albums - and however I can, I will.

I do see myself doing more than just playback singing.

Just look at 'K-pop' - who would've expected American fans to embrace it? It's really cool to be one of those artists who can break through the American market. I'm not trying to conquer America; I just want to make music and see if people like it.

There's no real network, and every city in Mississippi is so spread out, so it isn't easy to drive around and pass out CDs. So when an artist from Natchez or Gold Coast or Meridian breaks out, they already know exactly what kind of artist they want to be. The grind and the hustle is just so adamant.

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

Since I've started to star in pictures I have always managed to retain my singularity of purpose when I got into the business, which was to be an artist, as an actor, more than anything else. But to get the certain kind of role you want, you have to be in a certain position in the business and it's dog-eat-dog and it gets very hairy and you can lose your point of view sometimes.

I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums.

I really want my music to go mainstream.

I don't have a hip-hop goal but I want to headline Bonnaroo one day.

I want to be one of the most versatile rappers in the game.

You know, like, there's songs like "Valerie" and "Bang Bang Bang" that I was so proud of. And, you know, the level of success that they had - if they were little cult hits meant that, you know, I could sellout Webster Hall or Williamsburg Musical Hall or the El Rey theater in LA. Like, that was having made it to me. So the thought of having a number one song in my own career, like, never even registered.

I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]

A stadium tour would be amazing - that's definitely one of my goals. Just to keep putting out real, honest music that people can really relate to and connect with.

Chance The Rapper is a person who really knows what he wants.

When you mention Bieber, Lorde, One Direction, I want to be on that list. But at the same time, when you say Lil Uzi Vert, I want my name to pop up, too. I'm kinda in between both. I wanna bring them together and exist.

I do have a large audience overseas, and I want to continue to be an international artist.

My goal is to drop 10 projects in 2013. All albums. I gotta do it. I know the 10 projects I want to drop.

I don't want to be the next big anything. I just want to play for people and that's it.

I've never done a solo tour. I feel like getting out there and doing that.

I want to build up the most hype around my album. I wouldn't just throw it away.