Anniversary Quote by Adrian Belew

I've wanted to do a solo album since 2000 when I was writing songs for the 'Machine' record.

— Wayne Static

I haven't been walking around for years with some burning desire to do a solo record. If I had, maybe I'd have made a…

— Johnny Marr

The only reason why I made solo records was because I got so obsessed with politics, and that is quite personal. I don't really…

— Steven Van Zandt

I didn't make a solo album until the year 2000.

— John Oates

My first record - it was 1991. I was 16 years old. My first album came out when I was 20. So, I've been…

— Nas

The whole time I was with 'The Temptations', I was accumulating my own solo recordings.

— Ali-Ollie Woodson

Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.

— John Legend

I started recording in '67. In the first part of '68, my first single was 'Backup Train.' That was success to a degree. Four…

— Al Green

I didn't intend to make one solo record, much less two. It's really a matter of seeing how it goes.

— Lee Ranaldo

I've been performing since the 60s and I made my first album in 1969, so it's been a bit over twenty years.

— Thelma Houston

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

— Britta Phillips

Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career.

— Howard Keel