Albums Quote by Phil Collins

Everything I do, whether it's producing or signing an artist, always starts with the songs. When I'm listening, I'm looking for a balance that…

— Rick Rubin

Once I finish one album I know where to begin again.

— Rakim

I think an album is all about the songs you've worked on and the journey it's taken to get there.

— Bishop Briggs

Now you know that you can't go wrong... If you start each day with a song.

— Jimmy Durante

The goal for me is, I build the record that I put out as one individual song. Even though it's broken up into tracks,…

— Girl Talk

Sometimes I'll be driving and a lyric will come into my head, and I will have to pull over and record it on my…

— Lil' Kim

Once I finish a song, it's done and it's on the album.

— Classified

You have to have a plan. Everything has to be planned. For me, I start with the title of my album, before I even…

— Mary J. Blige

I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.

— Lucinda Williams

If you don't have an album or you don't have any tune, you can't start.

— Jeff Beck

God would have to beam into me what I was doing and what the album actually sounded like because usually when I start a…

— Kip Winger

On the first two albums, I essentially began with lyrics and placed the music underneath or around the words.

— Perfume Genius