Big Quote by Bret Michaels

Most bands have a two-year success rate. By the third year, it's sort of over. Here we are in Poison still together 26 years later.

— Bret Michaels

In Australia, our first album went four-times platinum. It was massive.

— Jessica Origliasso

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I…

— Buzz Osborne

The first record I ever bought was Kiss's 'Destroyer.' And those classic bands like Black Sabbath were my first loves.

— David Draiman

Our first album was a stupid mistake by the record company. They tried to sell us as an alternative act. A big mistake!

— Lauryn Hill

We're not trying to make 'Toxicity' Part II, just because it was by far our biggest album.

— John Dolmayan

Venom were the first thrash band i heard on record-it really pushed me to the best!

— Kerry King

It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed…

— Mike Peters

The success of the first album was almost an anomaly, and it could remain a fantastic anomaly. It was not crafted for commercial success.…

— Christine and the Queens

But when our first album came out, I didn't think it was going to sell a lot of records.

— Stephan Jenkins

There was a time when certain producers could produce just about anything, and the label execs would say, "That's a such-and-such record. Let's put…

— Damon Thomas

I made that first record in 2008, alongside the EP, but my label at the time waited three years to release it. They thought…

— Lana Del Rey