Album Quote by Q-Tip

When I first signed, I signed in 1995 for my 'Uncontrolled Substance' album. And what happened with that album was that Loud Records had…

— Inspectah Deck

I was really close to being this guy who used to be in this band who is still playing and trying to get some…

— Fred Armisen

Into the Music was about the first album where I felt, 'I'm starting here'...the Wavelength thing, I didn't really feel that was me.

— Van Morrison

Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off that first Van Halen album.

— Dimebag Darrell

I just fell in love with the integrity of the music & that was it.

— Tierney Sutton

What formed me as a musician, a songwriter, the sound and personality of my band, a whole lot of that happened well before 1991.

— Chris Cornell

I was signed by L.A. Reid on Arista Records when I was 16. He understood me and believed in me. Arista folded and I…

— Avril Lavigne

The song This Kiss was definitely my breakthrough song. After that, Breathe was my breakthrough album.

— Faith Hill

After two years in the songwriting world, I wrote 'All About That Bass.' L.A. Reid heard it and signed me as an artist.

— Meghan Trainor

When my first record came out, it was in the middle of the real Muse, Keane, British thing, and that beat-driven thing wasn't really…

— Mat Kearney

One of the first records I bought for myself was a Keith Whitley record. I still love the 'L.A. to Miami' album. There were…

— Chris Young

I only toured for three months. As soon as I got off [tour], I was just dying to start recording, because it was on…

— Avril Lavigne