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We had always put ballads on all of our albums.

— John Rzeznik

My first album with the band was 'Powerage,' and that was 1977. It was all new and fresh, and these people, I didn't know…

— Cliff Williams

I had a little indie label called No Core and Dave Grohl's first band was called, Dain Bramage so I out an album for…

— Reed Mullin

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

I made a record in 1996 called 'Animal Rights' that was a very difficult, very dark punk-rock record. Of all the records I've made,…

— Moby

I was doing gigs at 16, belting out all the big ballads like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.

— Sarah Harding

The bands that were big in '77, like the Clash and the Sex Pistols and Talking Heads, I got into them in the early…

— Fred Armisen

When I was making my second record, I was in studio, and I was like, 'No more ballads! Absolutely not!' And somebody walked in…

— Chris Young

I started recording the album four years ago. It was very different then - totally rock and roll.

— Paris Hilton

Back in the '80s and '90s, when there was still a record business, there was pressure on anyone who was fortunate to have a…

— John Mellencamp

I was in a lot of bands growing up.

— Jesse Andrews

My first album came out in 1979.

— Teena Marie