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title: "9 Album Sales Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [ I received an award for 25 million in \[album\] sales the night before the bus accident \[in 1990\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-estefan/i-received-an-award-for-25-million-in-album-sales-the-night-before/)

[Gloria Estefan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-estefan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/gloria-estefan-2160_accidents_i-received-an-award-for-25-million-in-al_699799.png)

> [I'm envious of 'Glee' - artists turned their libraries over for free because they knew it would lead to album sales.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-f-goldberg/i-m-envious-of-glee-artists-turned-their-libraries-over-for-free/)

[Adam F. Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-f-goldberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/adam-f-goldberg-8244_art_i-m-envious-of-glee-artists-turned-their_2869884.jpg)

> [I give you everything you want as an artist, for so long. Consistency. Wordplay. Wittiness. You can check the checklist. Only thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jadakiss/i-give-you-everything-you-want-as-an-artist-for-so-long-consistency/)

[Jadakiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jadakiss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/jadakiss-2034_album_i-give-you-everything-you-want-as-an-art_8950.jpg)

> [When you have a very hot single there is no reason why it can't drive album sales. People fall off and come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-guarini/when-you-have-a-very-hot-single-there-is-no-reason-why-it-can-t-drive/)

[Justin Guarini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-guarini/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/justin-guarini-28490_album_when-you-have-a-very-hot-single-there-is_2386990.jpg)

> [I don't do albums for album sales. I just do it as a conversation piece and a business card.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statik-selektah/i-don-t-do-albums-for-album-sales-i-just-do-it-as-a-conversation/)

[Statik Selektah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statik-selektah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/statik-selektah-21626_album_i-don-t-do-albums-for-album-sales-i-just_2403821.jpg)

> [Success has a lot to do with luck, but it also involves a lot of real hard work. The thing about success…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-cantrell/success-has-a-lot-to-do-with-luck-but-it-also-involves-a-lot-of-real/)

[Jerry Cantrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-cantrell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/jerry-cantrell-23468_albums_success-has-a-lot-to-do-with-luck-but-it_206824.jpg)

> [An artist in 2014 who is thinking about album sales is either sadly deluded or has to make so many commercial compromises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/an-artist-in-2014-who-is-thinking-about-album-sales-is-either-sadly/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/moby-549_albums_an-artist-in-2014-who-is-thinking-about_301000.png)

> [Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-d-lee/kids-are-taking-music-for-free-all-the-time-they-have-spotify-pandora/)

[Malcolm D. Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-d-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/malcolm-d-lee-33479_album_kids-are-taking-music-for-free-all-the-t_1096755.jpg)

> [I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-yankovic/i-have-very-mixed-feelings-about-it-on-one-hand-i-m-concerned-that/)

[Al Yankovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-yankovic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/al-yankovic-3837_adverse_i-have-very-mixed-feelings-about-it-on-o_339117.jpg)

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