--- title: "31 Million Copies Quotes by 30 authors" description: "Browse 31 Million Copies quotes by 30 authors. Discover the best Million Copies sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/alan-griffin-55089_million_carrie-went-on-to-sell-a-million-copies_3174956.jpg" --- > [“Carrie went on to sell a million copies”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-griffin/carrie-went-on-to-sell-a-million-copies/) [Alan Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-griffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/alan-griffin-55089_million_carrie-went-on-to-sell-a-million-copies_3174956.jpg) > [Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-henley/selling-eight-million-copies-of-your-first-album-will-mess-you-up/) [Don Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-henley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/don-henley-7421_albums_selling-eight-million-copies-of-your-fir_1688244.png) > [It's nice to have a game that sells a million copies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-carmack/it-s-nice-to-have-a-game-that-sells-a-million-copies/) [John Carmack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-carmack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/john-carmack-15030_copies_it-s-nice-to-have-a-game-that-sells-a-mi_324543.jpg) > [Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-berlin/never-hate-a-song-that-s-sold-a-half-million-copies/) [Irving Berlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-berlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/irving-berlin-11857_half_never-hate-a-song-that-s-sold-a-half-mil_1140894.jpg) > [Every time one of my books sells a million copies in paperback, Pan Macmillan gives me a gold statuette of Pan. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilbur-smith/every-time-one-of-my-books-sells-a-million-copies-in-paperback-pan/) [Wilbur Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilbur-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/wilbur-smith-7617_book_every-time-one-of-my-books-sells-a-milli_2622739.jpg) > [My biggest frustration is the lack of scale in the music industry. The fact that no one has sold 100 million copies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/troy-carter/my-biggest-frustration-is-the-lack-of-scale-in-the-music-industry-the/) [Troy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/troy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/troy-carter-4451_frustration_my-biggest-frustration-is-the-lack-of-sc_516574.jpg) > [I think it'd be a real nightmare to put a record out and sell 20 million copies and then that's it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-kravitz/i-think-it-d-be-a-real-nightmare-to-put-a-record-out-and-sell-20/) [Lenny Kravitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-kravitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/lenny-kravitz-1836_copies_i-think-it-d-be-a-real-nightmare-to-put_1920509.png) > [A lot of bad music sells a million copies; I don't think it's a good litmus test for whether things are going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-lovett/a-lot-of-bad-music-sells-a-million-copies-i-don-t-think-it-s-a-good/) [Ben Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-lovett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/ben-lovett-26351_bad_a-lot-of-bad-music-sells-a-million-copie_1770607.jpg) > [We sold 1.5 million copies of the 'Abracadabra' album and 26,000 copies of 'Italian X-Rays.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/we-sold-1-5-million-copies-of-the-abracadabra-album-and-26-000-copies/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/steve-miller-4008_album_we-sold-1-5-million-copies-of-the-abraca_673714.png) > [Poison is one of the first, if not the first, truly independent bands to sell 3 million copies of our first record.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-michaels/poison-is-one-of-the-first-if-not-the-first-truly-independent-bands/) [Bret Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/bret-michaels-13206_big_poison-is-one-of-the-first-if-not-the-fi_2037747.png) > [I was like a wonder kid at Uptown. The first record I produced sold two million copies - and I'd only produced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-combs/i-was-like-a-wonder-kid-at-uptown-the-first-record-i-produced-sold/) [Sean Combs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-combs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/sean-combs-38554_because_i-was-like-a-wonder-kid-at-uptown-the-fi_546346.jpg) > [In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-tyler/in-1983-i-d-had-a-number-one-i-d-sold-6-million-copies-of-total/) [Bonnie Tyler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-tyler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92a/bonnie-tyler-9401_copies_in-1983-i-d-had-a-number-one-i-d-sold-6_2503942.jpg) > [When I got the audition I looked up the Wheel of Time book series on Google and I saw that it has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-madden/when-i-got-the-audition-i-looked-up-the-wheel-of-time-book-series-on/) [Madeleine Madden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-madden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/madeleine-madden-22204_book_when-i-got-the-audition-i-looked-up-the_2029899.jpg) > [Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that's it. Some of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jones/today-they-forget-you-in-five-years-they-give-an-artist-nowadays-four/) [George Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b57/george-jones-8646_art_today-they-forget-you-in-five-years-they_1339549.jpg) > [I never feel like I need to make a song that sells 5 million copies; that's not the point of why I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zedd/i-never-feel-like-i-need-to-make-a-song-that-sells-5-million-copies/) [Zedd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zedd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/zedd-15792_clarity_i-never-feel-like-i-need-to-make-a-song_423805.png) > [I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-know-that-books-i-have-written-will-still-resonate-in-50-years/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b5/jodi-picoult-45_ability_i-know-that-books-i-have-written-will-st_3172624.jpg) > ['X-Force' #1 sold 5 million copies. By default, the second issue dipped and did 1.3 million copies. But the cover of 'X-Force'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-liefeld/x-force-1-sold-5-million-copies-by-default-the-second-issue-dipped/) [Rob Liefeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-liefeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/rob-liefeld-6199_cover_x-force-1-sold-5-million-copies-by-defau_131915.jpg) > [I heard a quote once in a documentary about a band that said you're better off owning everything 100 percent and selling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-burr/i-heard-a-quote-once-in-a-documentary-about-a-band-that-said-you-re/) [Bill Burr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-burr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/bill-burr-1900_albums_i-heard-a-quote-once-in-a-documentary-ab_2324334.png) > [So much magazine writing is playing to an empty room. You work like a plow horse, your words get printed on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-miles/so-much-magazine-writing-is-playing-to-an-empty-room-you-work-like-a/) [Jonathan Miles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-miles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/jonathan-miles-8639_horse_so-much-magazine-writing-is-playing-to-a_1064428.jpg) > [“If I don't sell any copies of my books/apps or if I sell a million copies, I'm still going to continue making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-pugh/if-i-don-t-sell-any-copies-of-my-books-apps-or-if-i-sell-a-million/) [Greg Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-pugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/greg-pugh-240686_books_if-i-don-t-sell-any-copies-of-my-books-a_1160108.jpg) > [“I'm down here, trying to live, trying to deal with the real world, while you're hiding, bitching, fucking everyone's shit up but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/i-m-down-here-trying-to-live-trying-to-deal-with-the-real-world-while/) [Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6e/shalom-auslander-16035_real-world_i-m-down-here-trying-to-live-trying-to-d_2710171.jpg) > [You know, if a band on a label sold a few hundred thousand copies of their record these days, they wouldn't make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delonge/you-know-if-a-band-on-a-label-sold-a-few-hundred-thousand-copies-of/) [Tom DeLonge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delonge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/tom-delonge-5119_any_you-know-if-a-band-on-a-label-sold-a-few_733713.png) > [“The situation is even more lopsided with book sales. If I told you that two authors sold a total of a million…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-nicholas-taleb/the-situation-is-even-more-lopsided-with-book-sales-if-i-told-you/) [Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nassim-nicholas-taleb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_books_the-situation-is-even-more-lopsided-with_731145.jpg) > [ This comes from Mike Gonzalez at the Daily Signal: \[ Howard\] Zinn's history "set the stage for the grievance mongering that passes… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/this-comes-from-mike-gonzalez-at-the-daily-signal-howard-zinn-s/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/rush-limbaugh-28_class_this-comes-from-mike-gonzalez-at-the-dai_1132612.jpg) > [I was given a chance to re-haul 'New Mutants' and take it from the dog of the 'X-Men' office to 1 million…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-liefeld/i-was-given-a-chance-to-re-haul-new-mutants-and-take-it-from-the-dog/) [Rob Liefeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-liefeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/rob-liefeld-6199_chance_i-was-given-a-chance-to-re-haul-new-muta_953339.jpg) > [This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. Probably about half of that may be in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/this-book-stupid-white-men-has-sold-now-over-four-million-copies/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6af/michael-moore-884_book_this-book-stupid-white-men-has-sold-now_74301.png) > [Our first album sold a million copies. Because we had such a big hit on the first album, it's always like, 'You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tiffany-hwang/our-first-album-sold-a-million-copies-because-we-had-such-a-big-hit/) [Tiffany Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tiffany-hwang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/tiffany-hwang-20750_always_our-first-album-sold-a-million-copies-be_1011362.jpg) > [We print 37 million copies, and we found out about the unfortunate news as we were putting the issue to bed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-newton-john/we-print-37-million-copies-and-we-found-out-about-the-unfortunate/) [Olivia Newton-John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-newton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b03/olivia-newton-john-5653_about_we-print-37-million-copies-and-we-found_874730.jpg) > [“published in 1991 led to more than 1,800 further titles, with more than 250 million copies in print, translations in more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wiley-and-sons/published-in-1991-led-to-more-than-1-800-further-titles-with-more/) [John Wiley and Sons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wiley-and-sons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/john-wiley-and-sons-22858_published_published-in-1991-led-to-more-than-1-800_2680718.jpg) > [It's a blessing and a curse when your first big public album does so well. 'Twentysomething' sold four million copies - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-cullum/it-s-a-blessing-and-a-curse-when-your-first-big-public-album-does-so/) [Jamie Cullum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-cullum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/jamie-cullum-8484_album_it-s-a-blessing-and-a-curse-when-your-fi_509769.png) > [I know acts and I'm not going to name names but these people sold ten million copies the first time and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-beckley/i-know-acts-and-i-m-not-going-to-name-names-but-these-people-sold-ten/) [Gerry Beckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-beckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/gerry-beckley-27588_albums_i-know-acts-and-i-m-not-going-to-name-na_2417770.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/million-copies/#itemlist", "name": "Million Copies Quotes", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Carrie went on to sell a million copies”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Griffin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-griffin/carrie-went-on-to-sell-a-million-copies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/alan-griffin-55089_million_carrie-went-on-to-sell-a-million-copies_3174956.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/alan-griffin-55089_million_carrie-went-on-to-sell-a-million-copies_3174956.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/alan-griffin-55089_million_carrie-went-on-to-sell-a-million-copies_3174956.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Carrie went on to sell a million copies” — Alan Griffin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Don Henley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-henley/selling-eight-million-copies-of-your-first-album-will-mess-you-up/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/don-henley-7421_albums_selling-eight-million-copies-of-your-fir_1688244.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/don-henley-7421_albums_selling-eight-million-copies-of-your-fir_1688244.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/don-henley-7421_albums_selling-eight-million-copies-of-your-fir_1688244.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.” — Don Henley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's nice to have a game that sells a million copies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Carmack" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-carmack/it-s-nice-to-have-a-game-that-sells-a-million-copies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/john-carmack-15030_copies_it-s-nice-to-have-a-game-that-sells-a-mi_324543.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/john-carmack-15030_copies_it-s-nice-to-have-a-game-that-sells-a-mi_324543.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/john-carmack-15030_copies_it-s-nice-to-have-a-game-that-sells-a-mi_324543.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's nice to have a game that sells a million copies.” — John Carmack", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Irving Berlin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-berlin/never-hate-a-song-that-s-sold-a-half-million-copies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/irving-berlin-11857_half_never-hate-a-song-that-s-sold-a-half-mil_1140894.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/irving-berlin-11857_half_never-hate-a-song-that-s-sold-a-half-mil_1140894.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/irving-berlin-11857_half_never-hate-a-song-that-s-sold-a-half-mil_1140894.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.” — Irving Berlin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every time one of my books sells a million copies in paperback, Pan Macmillan gives me a gold statuette of Pan. 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That's a lot of young minds.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rush Limbaugh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/this-comes-from-mike-gonzalez-at-the-daily-signal-howard-zinn-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/rush-limbaugh-28_class_this-comes-from-mike-gonzalez-at-the-dai_1132612.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/rush-limbaugh-28_class_this-comes-from-mike-gonzalez-at-the-dai_1132612.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/rush-limbaugh-28_class_this-comes-from-mike-gonzalez-at-the-dai_1132612.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This comes from Mike Gonzalez at the Daily Signal: [ Howard] Zinn's history \"set the stage for the grievance…” — Rush Limbaugh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 25, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was given a chance to re-haul 'New Mutants' and take it from the dog of the 'X-Men' office to 1 million copies with its final issue.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rob Liefeld" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-liefeld/i-was-given-a-chance-to-re-haul-new-mutants-and-take-it-from-the-dog/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/rob-liefeld-6199_chance_i-was-given-a-chance-to-re-haul-new-muta_953339.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/rob-liefeld-6199_chance_i-was-given-a-chance-to-re-haul-new-muta_953339.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/rob-liefeld-6199_chance_i-was-given-a-chance-to-re-haul-new-muta_953339.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was given a chance to re-haul 'New Mutants' and take it from the dog of the 'X-Men' office to 1 million…” — Rob Liefeld", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 26, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. Probably about half of that may be in the U.S. and Canada, and the rest, overseas.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Moore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/this-book-stupid-white-men-has-sold-now-over-four-million-copies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6af/michael-moore-884_book_this-book-stupid-white-men-has-sold-now_74301.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6af/michael-moore-884_book_this-book-stupid-white-men-has-sold-now_74301.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6af/michael-moore-884_book_this-book-stupid-white-men-has-sold-now_74301.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. 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