Album Quotes · Page 8

It was important that this album [Chain Letter] was an accurate reflection of me

— Brooke Valentine

In my mind, an album shouldn't be self-titled unless it feels that way.

— Grace Potter

I think we'd sold a couple hundred records with our first album, maybe 1,000 at the most.

— John Rzeznik

That's why I've never made a live album - I can't bear listening to myself!

— Chris Rea

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

— Elton John

I really want to have a full album that I could just play all day. I love bodies of work.

— Ice Spice

It's a massive undertaking putting an album together... It's not light weight at all.

— Lupe Fiasco

It's a phobia I have. I never assume I'm going to be able to write another album after I finish one.

— Bruce Cockburn

Obviously I try to make the best music that I can, but after about two years of making an album, you start…

— Kate Bush

At the moment we're playing more stuff from our upcoming album which is really a departure from any record we've done.

— Matthew Healy

Getting a Grammy nomination for 'Brooklyn' meant a lot, especially because, as an album, it was one that was very personal to…

— Wyatt Cenac

When I want to put out an album, I want to write it. I want to be able to say that I…

— Jimmy Bennett

I don't really know what a debut album is no more. As long as you got music on the streets, you've debuted.

— Freddie Gibbs

They said I was a married mother of two but the record sounded like an indie album and they didn't know how…

— Siobhan Fahey

An album is like a snapshot of an important period of your life. It will live forever and is a solid reminder…

— Maisie Peters

If you want to be taken seriously and gain credibility, you really do have to try and write yourself. I don't want…

— Amy Nuttall

With some artists, I've noticed that after their songs have been licensed, on their next album you can totally hear they're trying…

— Priscilla Ahn

At the end of the day, it is about the album and book and also about setting the record straight, because 'American…

— Corey Clark

'Gorilla Man' is a composite of a few individuals, but the song itself was actually inspired by James Taylor. I spied his…

— Caitlin Rose

Hip-hop to me right now is really easy listening. It's very easy listening, like there's nothing abrasive about it. There's no album…

— Pusha T

My favorite Luna disc is our third, 'Penthouse,' a sparkly, moody album that works from track one all the way to track…

— Dean Wareham

For those that don't know much about 'American Idiot' or Green Day, just know that it's my generation's The Who's 'Tommy' or…

— Jake Epstein

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,…

— Talib Kweli

I'm really proud of the album. It's something I always wanted to do but I had to wait until I was ready.…

— Anthony Jeselnik

You know what, if Rick Rubin would produce another Geto Boys album I'd do it.

— Scarface

Coldplay was big for me in the 2000s. 'Parachutes' was a good album.

— Scarface

I'm not in this for the money because if I was, I would have jumped out after our first album.

— Justin Timberlake

We showed up and showed out for our very first holiday album.

— Sisqo

My career doesn't mean anything more now that I have a charting album and song.

— Chappell Roan

I want to be that guy who gives you an album every 12 months.

— Raheem DeVaughn

The difference between a Black Thought album and a Roots album is the texture, the instrumentation.

— Black Thought

All I ever wanted to be was an artist, and now I'm an artist with an album of the year.

— Raye

I just made my album. I did my best. And I uploaded the video just to 'YouTube.' That was all.

— PSY

The album is never finished until it's on the shelves!

— Rita Ora

When I did 'Ephorize,' I didn't know that later on I'd be releasing another album. It just came.

— Cupcakke

In 2015 we released our first ever. It was our first album, but it was also our first original album.

— Mitch Grassi

The bloody nose was the album cover for my first album, but it's since become my logo.

— Andrew W.K

It's insane to have a first album, the first morning of it coming out, it's insane.

— Cody Simpson

It's been so great to have an album people believe in.

— Jon Pardi

My main concern is getting out an album that I feel really proud of.

— Carly Rae Jepsen