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title: "11 Hit Records Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Hit Records quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Hit Records sayings and thoughts."
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> [I make hit records. I make hit records to motivate the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fat-joe/i-make-hit-records-i-make-hit-records-to-motivate-the-people/)

[Fat Joe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fat-joe/)

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> [I don't believe in the philosophy of stumbling across hit records.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nile-rodgers/i-don-t-believe-in-the-philosophy-of-stumbling-across-hit-records/)

[Nile Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nile-rodgers/)

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> [What I'd have liked would have been the money and the hit records without the fame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/what-i-d-have-liked-would-have-been-the-money-and-the-hit-records/)

[John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lennon/)

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> [I just want to keep saturating the market and radio with as many hit records as I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-mccartney/i-just-want-to-keep-saturating-the-market-and-radio-with-as-many-hit/)

[Jesse McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-mccartney/)

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> [I think every song Slipknot has written is a greatest hit, but there are only four records.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-crahan/i-think-every-song-slipknot-has-written-is-a-greatest-hit-but-there/)

[Shawn Crahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-crahan/)

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> [Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-numan/fame-came-quickly-i-was-only-19-when-i-secured-my-initial-recording/)

[Gary Numan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-numan/)

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> [I want to have hit records, but I'm not searching to say, 'All right, I need this to be in the club.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lillard/i-want-to-have-hit-records-but-i-m-not-searching-to-say-all-right-i/)

[Damian Lillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lillard/)

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> [As long as you're giving up quality records and you're makin' hit records, people are always gonna want to hear a hit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akon/as-long-as-you-re-giving-up-quality-records-and-you-re-makin-hit/)

[Akon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akon/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mellencamp/i-ve-just-been-fortunate-to-havehad-a-lot-of-hit-records-though-human/)

[John Mellencamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mellencamp/)

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> [You see so many musicians come and go. For me, it's really about the longevity in the music industry. It's not all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mustard/you-see-so-many-musicians-come-and-go-for-me-it-s-really-about-the/)

[Mustard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mustard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/mustard-7677_go_you-see-so-many-musicians-come-and-go-fo_477412.jpg)

> [I joke that I've never been burdened by having an actual hit. There's something to that. My records have sold enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyle-lovett/i-joke-that-i-ve-never-been-burdened-by-having-an-actual-hit-there-s/)

[Lyle Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyle-lovett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/lyle-lovett-8466_business_i-joke-that-i-ve-never-been-burdened-by_625958.jpg)

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