Famous Quotes & Sayings

Al Yankovic

Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.

Obviously, we weren't happy that the album wasn't coming out, ... But we said, 'If it's going to be delayed, then let's take the time to go in and find some better songs.'

Felix Rodriguez

On first album, we were more inspired by 80's bands. We were kids. We were like 18 years old, pretty naive. I think that album was a lot about going out, partying - the new album is more about what we've been through.

Scott Weiland

One thing that has really influenced me with Bowie where I've taken an approach from him is how he changes from album to album and has always modified his sound and his appearance. I think that's an important thing.

Kyle MacLachlan

My first album was The Doobie Brothers... 'Captain and Me.' You always remember your first!

John Legend

My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic choices, in the way that I sing and write songs. I have always had that as part of my background and part of my influence when I am making music.

My album that was released in the US in the middle of last year has become a hit and topping sales in many retail stores with the American people buying my CD in large numbers.

Gregg Allman

My goal is to put out an album with every song being an original composition of mine. I want the credits to read, 'All songs written by Gregory L. Allman' - that is something I really want to make happen.

Mystikal

My girlfriend is rap. Music and albums and records and my kids.

Fiona Apple

Now that my album is finally finished, I am very, very excited to have people hear what we did. I am so proud of it, and all of us who worked on it.

David Bowie

The only time that I've adopted characterization again since that point, for my own albums, has been an album called "Outside" that I did with Brian Eno .

Keith Richard

What I can tell you, is that when we finishing the album in LA, Johnny came down to the studio to talk about the movie.

When we set out to create this fragrance, I wanted to revolutionize this industry. I wanted to create a scent, package it and promote it in a way that has never been seen before. I drew upon my experience as a fashion designer and a recording artist and launched Unforgivable like an album ... and we have hit number one! I am a boy from Harlem and to have this kind of success right out of the box is truly beyond my wildest dreams.

Glenn Tipton

We've never been to Chile before. The lobby is full of Priest fans. They're holding the albums and wearing our T-shirts.

LaToya London

Right now the focus is the album that is released and then the tour coming up. After the tour they will let us know about the options and offers that came in for us.

Clay Aiken

She's excellent. It's really great to have somebody, we see eye to eye, ear to ear, I guess, on a lot of the stuff that we both like. She helps me figure out how to slow down and that we make sure that this next album is as good as it can be.

Ian Brown

Oh, yeah. I knew it was great when we were making it. I mean, we'd been playing the (1989 eponymous debut) album for three or four years before we even recorded it, and we knew something big would happen with it.

Roger McGuinn

One of my favorite albums is Bob Gibson and Bob Camp, 'At the Gate of Horn.' It was a really dynamic album, almost like The Beatles, and way before its time... around 1960 or so.

Trace Adkins

Shoot, we go through hundreds of songs to find 12, ... It's like that on every album that I do.

Christine McVie

Since there's only room for me to write a few songs on each band album, I really have to use my songs. But on my own album I had room to use songs I wanted.

Kaskade

Mix CDs are interesting. I'm known more for my artist albums and less for my mix CDs.

We have just entered into our new season, with a new producer, a new album and a new label. For me, it's a fresh start. We now have our second wind and it feels great!

Dexter Holland

Selling another 10 million albums is not a priority. Putting out something you're proud of is.

Missy Elliott

She's hot, ... Soon as I heard her album I thought, 'I gotta get this girl on my album.' I'm good at spotting new sounds, and M.I.A. is definitely the artist right now with that sound.

We're glad to finally have a good album out, and everything that comes after that is extra. If America is interested, that's great. If not, we'll be OK too. We're not trying to push for the crossover really hard.

Rodney Atkins

Where I'm fortunate and why I think I've thrived and survived, through the not having albums out every year-and-a-half, is not taking the songs lightly and trying to make sure I've got consistency.

Robbie Robertson

I asked Bob Dylan to paint the album cover for 'Music from Big Pink.' He said, 'Yeah, let me see what I can come up with.'

Man, he's just one of our idols. I've been listening to Scofield since I was a teenager. One thing I always respected about him was you never knew what his next album would be like. Even today, he still pushes the envelope. For someone to take that kind of approach with his music and then show interest in playing with us is really inspiring.

Lars Ulrich

Let's see, I think the first thing we gotta to do is obviously, like you guys were expecting, is we gotta tank Jethro Tull for not putting out an album this year. Ha, Ha!!

Yara Shahidi

I really love hip hop. My cousin Nas came out with an album 'Life Is Good,' and I love that album, but I also love Maroon 5.

Yael Naim

My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved making music, but I didn't have a clear path. I also lacked in confidence.

Todd Rundgren

My guitar heroes are Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and people like that - so I've tried to make an album of Robert Johnson covers that, well, while not totally faithful for blues purists, is faithful for people like me that grew up with the '60s and the electric blues-rock versions of Johnson's songs.

Iggy Azalea

People criticize you for trying new things. I think, 'I'm new! I'm 22!' I don't know exactly what my sound is or what I want my album to sound like, so I'm not releasing it yet. While I'm experimenting, I'll let you in on the journey, and you can hear it for free.