Art Quote by Roy Ayers

Most artists don't know a hit. You can say I want this one to be a hit but it never become that way. The…

— Carl Gardner

If someone has given a hit in the industry, and everyone talks about the song and artist, that's a hit.

— Guru Randhawa

Any artist, when he goes in to record, should have the feeling that any song he records can be a hit. This may sound…

— Ray Charles

Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans…

— Dan Hill

Im sure most artists say this, but my favorite songs are not the hits.

— Darren Hayes

It is a fact that each song an artist creates is unique and although fans tend to be loyal, ultimately the quality of the…

— Greg Ginn

And since discriminating fans can pick and choose exactly what they want to buy, artists and their labels are more conscious than they've ever…

— Edgar Bronfman, Jr

When you're a songwriter, you don't have control over which songs get heard and which ones don't.

— Ryan Hurd

There are a lot of producers who basically have their sound, and if the artist works with them, you almost know what the record's…

— Jon Brion

There are so many songwriters that people don't know about. There's so many producers that people don't know about.

— Rosalia

Sometimes memorable music doesn't necessarily have to be a hit.

— Henry Mancini

I don't think any artist really knows why a song gets popular.

— Chick Corea