Famous Quotes & Sayings

J. Cole

People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.

Robyn

The music industry used to be able to control a single dance on the very smallest level of when people are supposed to hear it, and when they're supposed to start liking it, and when they're supposed to start buying it. And that's trashed, you know, that big machine that takes control and works albums for a long period.

Race, class, childhood experience, the books I found on my mother's bookshelf, the albums I found in my father's basement - these things are all part of who I am and will always be a part of my work.

Mary Lambert

As I got older, I fell in love with Radiohead, and 'OK Computer' is one of my favorite albums of theirs. Sonically, the tone of the guitars on tracks like 'Electioneering' just rips right through me.

Shelby Lynne

Thirteen years and six albums to get here, ... I'd like to thank my parents for always stressing, be an individual. And I stand here tonight and represent nothing but music.

A lot of people would come, and they would look at their home for a day and just be so They couldn't deal with throwing away all their life like that, so they would tell the volunteer groups to just throw everything away. They didn't want to be there to see it so you're kind of rooting through these families' lives and photo albums and everything, and throwing it all away.

Daron Malakian

You can't just release double albums and expect people to sit there and devote their time to it.

Theophilus London

There were times when I was just listening to albums for the hype of it. Some albums, I would just put it on in my car, and me and my friends would just drive, that we'd wild out to, get arrested to.

Robert Christgau

It seems to me that one of his '50s albums goes in there because they're as important as records as (the Beatles' album) 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. As achievements, they're amazing.

Cat Power

Nobody considers a covers record an album.

Elton John

Who really needs a new album from me?

Elton John

I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.

Jennifer Lopez

I feel like I haven't started yet. I'm looking forward to the ninth album, the thirtieth movie.

Gary Allan

I've never listened to an album once I've finished it. All I hear is what I should've done different. I beat myself up over it.

Christina Aguilera

Mormons aren't gonna buy my album but, you know, what are you gonna do?

Chris Martin

I have my moments - usually twice every album - when I basically lose it.

Chris Martin

I personally really like getting a proper album with artwork and everything.

Chris Martin

Before our albums are released I feel like we still own it, that we have control over our music. But once it's out there in the world it's no longer ours.

Jello Biafra

All of these reissues were not authorized by me, I do not endorse them, the live album was put out without my permission, and I've not seen a dime at this point, either.

Gary Numan

I genuinely don't know how many albums I'm going to sell when the new album comes out, because I honestly don't know how many fans I've actually got at the moment.

Ian Rankin

A good album should be more than the sum of its parts.

Jessica White

Before I leave the earth, I'll have released a bunch of albums and a bunch of movies. I'm going to do it all. It's just that I have to strategically position myself on how I do it so that the world receives it.

Herbie Hancock

Because I have certain things I feel very passionate about, and I don't want to just make albums with tunes anymore.

Dean Martin's albums for Capitol are among the most timeless vocal pop ever recorded. He was a great singer, with a unique, behind-the-beat laconic style that perfectly fit his devil-may-care personality, and made very astute choices as to material and arrangers. And perhaps best of all, he never took himself too seriously, either on record or In life! We're thrilled that he's a big part of our artist roster.

Mark Salling

'Ten' by Pearl Jam is still by far one of my favorite albums and is a big part of what inspired me to learn guitar.

Jay Reatard

A single is really quick, man. You can get it out, and in two months have it on your merch table. And albums can take a really long time. But when you get done with an album, it's a lot more fulfilling.

Those photo albums where in the laundry room, and that's where (investigators) said the fire started. Everything else inside that room was burned beyond recognition, just like most things everywhere else in the house. How those photo albums survived, I have no idea.

Jordan Rudess

Those two Liquid Tension albums introduced me to Dream Theater fans. And it helped ease my joining a bit.

Gillian Jacobs

I used to babysit. And the kids I babysat were huge Hilary Duff fans, and so we used to have dance parties every day to her music. So I am very familiar with the albums of Miss Hilary Duff.

Ricky Skaggs

These albums last forever, not just my lifetime but my children's lifetime. So it's important to me to make a good product. And when I put Skaggs Family Records on it, I want it to be the kind of quality that I'm proud of and the kind of quality that people have come to expect from my records.

These albums are some of the most exciting and rare finds I have had in the 20 years I have been a book dealer - because they are personal collections that are completely unique.

John Cale

I started off doing rock 'n' roll, and then I went back, a couple of albums ago, into writing rock 'n' roll songs, and now this is a show with a straight-up rock 'n' roll band.

David Gregory

I set up playdates, and I'm a morning greeter for the car-pool line. I also make albums with the family photos. When the kids get older and go on their way, we'll have all those pictures to revel in.