I remember people telling me that at 5 1/2 minutes long…

You look at a song like 'Lightning Crashes,' and it's just so universal.

— Ed Kowalczyk

Stand high long enough and your lightning will come.

— William Gibson

I think taking a hookline of a hit song and making a new song is fun.

— Tulsi Kumar

In my music career, I never was interested in working and writing and creating songs based on what kind of rewards I could receive…

— Jihae

“HIT SONG written by Johnny Mercer during the Second World War contained the words “accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative….”

— Sir John Templeton

Music is an emotion so you have to live with music all through your life to make one hit song.

— Devi Sri Prasad

When you write a hit song, and you know it when it's done, it's one of the best feelings in the world.

— Thomas Rhett

If I wanted to make a quick buck, there's far easier ways of doing it. What I want is to provoke people. If you…

— Avicii

The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It's like being identified…

— Nancy Sinatra

If you've got a good melody and a good story married together, that's a good sign for hit-song material.

— Glen Campbell

I think my first hit was the first song I ever wrote. I actually wrote it in 2005 in college. The title of it…

— Kevin McCall

It's arguable whether a hit song is gonna add to the business a film does. There are plenty of films that didn't do any…

— John Hughes

Often by the time writers and producers try to get a new hit song, the industry has already moved on. Whatever you're creating might…

— Poo Bear

You don't really write a hit song - you write a great song, and then, if the public decides it's a hit, they take…

— Nuno Bettencourt

You could have written the biggest hit song, and all eyes are looking to you to write another one. It's not a thankless job;…

— LP