With this record [The Colour and the Shape], I started…

Do I start with the lyrics? No. Quite honestly, it's the opposite. I generally get the melody first - I kinda fiddle around on…

— Iron & Wine

I can fall on my face at times, but I get right back up, dust myself off, laugh, and keep it moving. I never…

— Kenya Moore

I think the work is always personal. This album differs. It seems to be a lot more positive. It seems to have a certain…

— John Rzeznik

'In Utero' was the first time I'd made an album that reached into the dark side. I remember the conflict and the uncertainty. I…

— Dave Grohl

The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose. The melodies…

— Jon Landau

I definitely consider 'Poses' - the whole album in fact - to be kind of a miracle. Like the last breath of that moment…

— Rufus Wainwright

A lot of the album 'The Definition' was made from two things: Pixar movies and J. Dilla.

— Jon Bellion

Yazoo was Vince's sound ultimately. At the time Vince and I got together he had only recorded one album with Depeche and Depeche were…

— Alison Moyet

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…

— John Legend

I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.

— Mary J. Blige

I never thought I would be on the tour or that people would want to talk about my album. It was never about that.

— Rod Wave

Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted.

— Richard Marx

I give you everything you want as an artist, for so long. Consistency. Wordplay. Wittiness. You can check the checklist. Only thing I don't…

— Jadakiss

I definitely want to put together an amazing debut album with some really dreamy collaborations.

— Bree Runway

I was in high school and I had an independent album out, and we kept sending that out, and I was doing shows. No…

— Tyler Hilton