I'm mainstream, and I have pretty chart-tastic tastes. I don't often veer away from a big melodic song with big words for big stadiums.
Pop music will never be low brow.
Leona Lewis made some really nice albums.
I've just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesn't qualify as a hit record-but it's really the best single I've ever had.
Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of songs rather than fans of artists.
I'm thankful for my songs being at the top of the charts but I am human - I think people still have to remember that.
We never said we were hard-core or that we didn't want our music crossing over or being popular.
Look, when a song becomes a hit, it happens because of its tune and melody, and not for the lyrics in the first place.
I think that every song has to be like it could be the biggest hit of my album.
The success of 'Take Me To Church,' I never imagined it. I never imagined that it would work on radio, that it would find its way onto the charts, even at home and certainly not in America.
I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.
I think everybody enjoys a little bit of Drake.
I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit.
You better believe I'm not a pop star.
I'd love to have a hit record. I don't believe anyone that says they wouldn't like that.
'Alligator' was the first record that anyone paid attention to, and it seemed like it was the screamy songs that got us that attention.
The second we were done on 'The Sing-Off,' we were like, 'All right, now we're competing with Rihanna and Taylor Swift.' We've always set the bar high. We want a hit.
I was on the outside of the industry. So I started a podcast early in the podcast boom and that caught on a little. I made an album that went to No. 1 on the iTunes charts. I made my own special. I started my own storytelling show.
Whoever makes big records is a winner to me. Not the person with the mumbo jumbo, or the biggest diss record, or whatever the case may be. In the end of the day, whoever is most successful, whoever puts out a big record, wins the battle.
To find out my song made the top 10 was honestly a dream come true. I think it's something that I've dreamed about, and anyone dreams about, their whole life.
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.
I really like Ed Sheeran.
In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world.
Justin Bieber is super talented.
I've always wanted to have one of those hits on the radio, but we haven't really been able to crack that code.
