Album Quote by Bat for Lashes

My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved making music, but…

— Yael Naim

I feel like I have re-created myself on every album. I try to do that. It's like playing a game with yourself, trying to…

— Raphael Saadiq

With my first three albums I did everything on my own. It was what I was used to and where I felt comfortable. I…

— Amy Macdonald

Especially for my first album, I struggled with even the thought of being a solo artist.

— LeToya Luckett

There is always a bit of pressure to do a good album - to do good work, period. I really put a lot of…

— Aaliyah

It took me three albums to get the confidence and to find out what I could do that made me different from other people.…

— Peter Gabriel

Making albums is a very lonely process sometimes. Sitting around working on songs, feeling the pressure.

— Jens Lekman

I've done so many albums where I've been in the studio for 14 hours a day for six months just trying to come up…

— Beck

I have always been heavily involved in every album I have ever made. I'm very stubborn when it comes to recording and will only…

— Britney Spears

After the first album, I felt like I needed to one up myself - get even bigger features - and I spent six months…

— Mura Masa

The solo album is really my way of branching out and doing my own thing. I'm mostly known for playing other people's music, so…

— Nita Strauss

I had an opportunity to make an album - that was a dream come true. I had to make sure that I could do…

— Michael Kiwanuka