Albums Quotes · Page 14

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

— Ian Rankin

I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.

— Suzy Bogguss

I sing some songs but don't expect me to release an album anytime soon.

— Lily Collins

Albums serve as paragraphs in an artist's autobiography.

— G-Eazy

I made my new album 'Colour Me Free!' in a week with my own money.

— Joss Stone

To be honest, we're really nervous right now. It's our third album, so it's gotta be our best and biggest.

— Mitch Lucker

Aerosmith's 'Rocks' is on the list of my top favorite albums of all time.

— Tommy Lee

Making an album is a long process, but it's a fun process.

— Brett Eldredge

The album feels like a new era for me -- emotionally, lyrically, sonically. It feels fresh, it feels new. It's still me.…

— Adam Lambert

Comedy is a live art, and the only way to record a comedy rock album is to do it live. The audience…

— Vir Das

I have long begged off the question of my albums reflecting where I am 'at' personally. There is more inaccuracy in that…

— Bill Callahan

I don't own an ABBA album, and I never had the urge to go and buy one. If you're just talking about…

— Phil Collins

So by the time the 60s rolled in that became a huge art form in its own right with bands like the…

— DJ Spooky

I'm always sort of reflecting on what I do on what I've done. Usually before I make a new album, I'll listen…

— Lenny Kravitz

Doing an album is like having a business card; to show people what you do. The most important thing to me is…

— Angelique Kidjo

There's 40 or 50 songs that nobody's heard that I've done in between albums. There's a whole evolution from Midnite Vultures to…

— Beck

I always loved writing songs - writing for myself and demo-ing songs, really with no intention of ever letting anyone else hear…

— Dave Grohl

[Music From the Edge of Heaven] wasn't really an album at all. The band had made the decision to release an LP…

— George Michael

I'm pretty much happy with the things that have been handed to me already. Seven albums, eight arena tours ... I think…

— Bow Wow

We've done every record on our own. Its produced by our guitar player and sometimes we'll have some help mixin' it and…

— Jess Margera

I'm a songwriter first...In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I…

— Carole King

It'd be nice to feel that claustrophobic feeling or the anxiety that the film Melancholia produces, but for me I look at…

— Kirsten Dunst

The C+ amps is vintage at this point, and it definitely has a certain sound to it. I wanted something that was…

— John Petrucci

When I was growing up, I would listen to a different album almost every night. I would do the full album experience…

— Mark Stoermer

I'm always happy when I see something written on an album that wasn't just typed on a computer.

— Neil Farber

Sensitive, humbug. Everybody thinks I'm sensitive. Wait until they hear my new album.

— Carole King

It was definitely in my mind to do a solo album, but I didn't know it would take this long.

— Britta Phillips

If Bono can release an album out of nowhere then so can I!

— Thom Yorke

I got signed to RCA when I was so young and made seven albums with them, plus a greatest hits album.

— Sara Evans

There was a time when using TV to sell albums was frowned upon.

— Anne Murray

If I have a rap album I'm dropping, then I want it to be the best rap album.

— Lil Wayne

If I like it, it's gonna be on my album. You can't please everyone.

— Natasha Hamilton

For a Jewish guy, I've recorded a lot of Christmas albums.

— Barry Manilow

If you had ever heard my album you would know that I could never consider the music business!

— Dwayne Hickman

We were all kind of freaked out recording the first album because we didn't know what it would be like.

— Robby Krieger

Playing albums in sequence can be awesome, or it can be very limiting.

— Mike McCready

But then I hit my 20s and only made two albums, and now I live in a ski resort as a ski…

— Vanessa Mae

I'm a child of the 70's; influenced mostly by albums that had a wide variety of style.

— Kip Winger

I didn't want to put myself, or anyone else, asleep with another quintessential Mark Kozelek album.

— Mark Kozelek

If you're buying an album because of the face on it, you're stupid.

— Enrique Iglesias