Song Quote by Tennessee Ernie Ford

I be knowing when a song's gonna be a hit.

— Sexyy Red

I've written hundreds of songs, and I tend to think that my instincts are pretty good when it comes to what people are going…

— Mark Foster

Just keep putting out music. Don't think whether it's a hit or not and people will get you.

— Adam Yauch

You never know until a song comes out and becomes what it becomes, obviously you can't predict how the masses will react.

— Nelly

I don't know if a song is going to be a hit or it's going to flop. I never know. I just do the…

— T-Pain

If I find something I like, I'll chase it and see what comes out the other side. Once a song gets momentum and gets…

— Dave Matthews

I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET. I'm not, at this point, gunning for…

— Talib Kweli

When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.

— Macklemore

And sometimes you just have to trust that there will be more, sometimes you go through dry spells and you have to assure yourself…

— Dan Mangan

That's one of the things that always grabbed me about rock music: There's a song, and you know how it goes, and you can…

— Greg Saunier

If every song is in the past tense, that's a drag, so you have to predict the future.

— Ry Cooder

I'm not going to release something just because they think it's the next hit. It's not what everyone wants to hear, but that's the…

— Alice Merton