As big as Metallica are, they're still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they're still not U2 or Lady Gaga. It's still underground.
The only difference between The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, and Chubby Checker is that they get their music played on the radio.
A lot of times with artists from back in the day, they do a new album and they don't sell as much. People say they love them, and it doesn't always translate to new music.
There may be a new album, and there may not. Right now, we're encouraging bootlegging because there have been some great live things that ended up on the Internet. Rather than try to stop it, we like it. If nobody gave a crap about you, they wouldn't bother to bootleg you.
I'm a big Marty Robbins fan. I love Marty Robbins. Of course, everybody does. That's not such a big shock.
I know that everybody listens to me, but only my true fans will go and buy my album.
There are a lot of women at my gigs. The first show I headlined was a sea of women, which I can't complain about. I'm pleased these 18-year-old girls like my music.
I proud to say that most of the Iranians love me and love my work. I love them, and I always have them in my mind when I work. There are few people who do not agree with me, but truly, I don't care. I call myself an actress with a mission.
Believe it or not, at concerts some records go off more than 'Crew' does.
Whenever people get to see you, it's a great thing. Once people see an image and see the character, they can get into the music a lot more.
You either have fans who stick with you, or they don't. It comes down to making music that people connect with and great fans.
I've got fans and letters from Israel, France Germany, Sweden, London, Africa. They all saying pretty much the same thing, 'Yo, we love you, we need you, put some more music out, please!'
Las Vegas has the type of audience - and they haven't changed since my father's days - they're still boring and bored. And there's only that handful of artists that they really enjoy and know how to respond to.
Once Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings are not cool on country radio, it's time for a new format.
If you oversaturate the market with singles, then people will get sick of you.
When I perform in another country. The local people there sing along to my song in Korean.
The music I do and the fans I attract? I got crazy fans.
I've been fortunate enough to always have plenty of work, offers to go out and play shows. The hardest thing I have to do is pick out which one I want. For some reason, there's a great demand out there, whether I've got a new record out or not.
Rihanna can sell just as many tickets in Cape Town as she can in Detroit.
I think you have to drop an album to truly see the effects of your following.
If I call you playing my music, you'll be like, 'Oh, that's Gunna.' Even on a song you ain't heard, you're gonna know my voice for singing. But if I call you on the phone - 'What's up? Are we still doing the interview today?' - you're not gonna know who this is.
In a time like this, when records are not selling, he's the only one that is selling. You know, Drake and all the other ones [did well], but Em did [close to] 800,000 his first week, and he's #1 for the fifth week. It's incredible. I think he has a faithful fan base of people who have been following him for years. They're not going to stop following him and not stop listening to his music. Em said he didn't like his last album as much as this one. You can hear the difference. I like both of the albums. '3 a.m.' is one of my joints. But Eminem has followers that's gonna mess with him until the day he dies.
I'm kind of a firm believer that songs can have a shelf life with an artist.
Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another.
Nowadays, when kids decide they like an artist, they'll absorb everything that artist has ever done in a single night.
