Creativity Quote by Steve Brown

There is a particular kind of swagger that only shows up when someone has spent years being told their work is disposable. “But either way you cannot deny the sales and what we did” is Steve Brown reaching for the one scoreboard that shuts down the argument: numbers. It’s not just bragging; it’s a defensive flex, a way of saying, call it cheesy, dated, uncool, overproduced, whatever you want, but you don’t get to pretend it didn’t land.

The opener, “But either way,” matters. It suggests he’s responding to a familiar split verdict: critics versus fans, purity versus popularity, scene credibility versus mass appeal. He’s conceding that taste is subjective, that narratives change, that people can argue about artistry all day. Then he snaps the discussion back to the tangible. “Sales” is the cultural receipt: evidence of impact, proof of an audience, a refutation of the idea that the work was merely hype or mistake.

“What we did” widens the claim beyond units moved. It hints at labor, risk, and collective achievement - a band or team that built something in spite of gatekeepers. It also quietly rewrites legacy. When the aesthetic gets mocked later, artists often counter with history: the tours, the radio, the kids who learned guitar because of those songs. Brown’s line is about control: if the story won’t give you respect, at least it has to grant you reality.