Albums Quote by Eric Carmen

When the second album came out, everybody gravitated immediately to the three and a half minute rock tunes and ignored the ballads. They thought…

— Eric Carmen

The Raspberries was formed as kind of a reaction to prog rock, which we didn't like. 'Let's bring some songwriting and harmonies back to…

— Eric Carmen

We had always put ballads on all of our albums.

— John Rzeznik

The fourth album encapsulated some remarkable music that was really groundbreaking. We were able to have something like 'When the Levee Breaks,' which, sonically,…

— Jimmy Page

I remember, when I was very young and going to the Fillmore East and watching three of my favorite bands in one night, I'd…

— David Bryan

If you're going to reach for it, reach all the way for it. Albums like 'Purple Rain' and 'Thriller' and those kind of records,…

— Dave Sitek

The Go-Go's were a frothy pop band. I wanted to do music that had a harder edge.

— Charlotte Caffey

I've been through a lot, both personally and professionally, and the album that I started to record two and a half years ago is…

— JoJo

I think, there are a couple of songs. I'm really proud of How far I'll Go. I literally locked myself up in my childhood…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

Anytime we put out an album, we always do a lot of road work because in the early days we didn't have the luxury…

— B-Real

The record companies didn't want 'Stony Road,' and it ended up being a gold album. They didn't want 'Blue Guitars,' and we did 165,000…

— Chris Rea

When the first album came out and I heard 'Do It Again' on the radio, that was the greatest thing that had ever happened.…

— Walter Becker