Failure Quote by Michael McDonald

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

— Syd

Most of my records are never going to be commercial successes, and I don't expect that. It's just all a learning process to me.…

— Kathleen Hanna

You always have those artists where they release one great record and then they're gone. But we achieved this overwhelmingly positive and massive acceptance…

— Richard Carpenter

I have always maintained that it's not the quantity of work, but the quality that should speak. I have maintained the same for my…

— Adnan Sami

I had basically been shelved by the record label for two years and I was writing songs every day. I made two albums that…

— Nina Nesbitt

First of all, I've been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn't write. I had five pop cover albums…

— Barry Manilow

An artist in 2014 who is thinking about album sales is either sadly deluded or has to make so many commercial compromises that it…

— Moby

I was working with Bill Graham management at the time and it was obvious to everyone concerned that albums like Open Fire, while they…

— Ronnie Montrose

I tasted huge success with my first album, and when it's happening it feels like a roller coaster you can't get off. You should…

— Anonymous

The success of the first album was almost an anomaly, and it could remain a fantastic anomaly. It was not crafted for commercial success.…

— Christine and the Queens

Of all the albums I've made, I still don't feel like I've made the perfect album. I've had ones that touch on this, and…

— Eminem

Success happened for me when I dropped my first major label album for Def Jam, 'Live From The Underground.'

— Big K.R.I.T