Deals Quote by Crystal Gayle

Now there is a new group every week; it seems like everybody and anybody can get into the charts.

— Barry Gibb

When I used to put an album out, I knew everyone on the charts. There weren't that many bands. Now, I couldn't even name…

— Joe Cocker

A lot of groups have so many hits that it doesn't make sense to compete, to try and recreate what they had in their…

— Rev. Run

A lot of groups go out, and they make big bucks in a couple of years and they're gone. I would like a band…

— Randy Meisner

Most people don't make it to a second album.

— Offset

Moving from a first to a second album is an incredibly transitional time for any band because you never get to make one in…

— Lauren Mayberry

I know a lot of bands that will make their first record and get to a certain level, and then when the second record…

— Taylor Goldsmith

After a while, though, the group just wasn't a good vehicle for the songs I'd written.

— Mark Knopfler

We just wanted to make a really good second album.

— Fab Moretti

You can think of a number of bands where the first record is by far their biggest record. And that must be hard for…

— Craig Finn

I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go…

— Randy Bachman

I think I see a lot of artists struggling to make their first album perfect, and I've been there.

— Syd