Band Quote by Lauren Mayberry

I think when you get past your second album, it all becomes something of a routine. So you have to struggle against that, find…

— Van Morrison

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

— Offset

A bands first albums usually not great. When you made the first album, you had a day job and you were still trying to…

— John Darnielle

I think, for every artist, the second album is the most terrifying one to put out because it can either boost your career, and…

— Thomas Rhett

The first album is a special one for most bands or most artists in general. The first record is your whole life, and then…

— Gina Schock

It's never going to be easy to release a second album.

— Declan McKenna

I have to go into the studio to make my second album knowing I'm making an album. When I first started making songs I…

— Kano

Sometimes people's careers take off on their first albums, sometimes they don't.

— Peter Asher

I was never in a hurry to make my first album. I knew I wouldn't do it until I knew exactly what I wanted…

— Rosalia

I see every new album as an opportunity to start over. To either build or improve upon a direction that has been evolving over…

— John Petrucci

It's difficult as an artist sometimes. There's a lot of pressure when it's your first album. You want to make something that's meaningful and…

— Kali Uchis

Each album takes two or two-and-a-half years to finish between recording and touring. It's like being with an old boyfriend every single night watching…

— Bat for Lashes