"But thankfully, my first album, Wide Screen, was……" — Rupert Holmes
"But thankfully, my first album, Wide Screen, was sort of a critics darling - everyone raved about it, but no one bought it. They only manufactured 10,000 copies; I wasnt even in the running for failure!"
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16 Quotes by Rupert Holmes
Rupert Holmes has 16 quotes on this site.
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Kipling said that Success and Failure are both imposters, and we should all listen to Kipling, if only because none…
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I didn't want much. I wanted much more. In fact, I wanted everything.
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I type even faster than I talk. I'm very proud of that. I type so fast. And I have to…
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I've tried in my career to do most everything, because it all intrigues me. And I've found the first time…
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I always try to keep in mind that while the characters in a farce may find themselves in outrageous dilemmas,…
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In all my years of performing, no audience member has ever actually assaulted me. I consider this to be the…
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As much as the mystery element is all a lot of fun, when you do go to 'Edwin Drood,' you're…
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I first had the thought about making a musical of 'Edwin Drood' as far back as 1971.
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I think writing for a world one has invented can be infinitely more interesting than writing for the world we've…
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A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots.
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The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to…
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I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long, like a worn-out recording of a favorite song.
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More Album Quotes
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That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other…
— Sebastian Bach
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Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I…
— Adele
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
— Aaliyah
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In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely…
— Adele
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I have the time needed to support the album and tour.
— Aaliyah
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All of these reissues were not authorized by me, I do not endorse them, the live album was put out…
— Jello Biafra
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I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.
— Mary J. Blige
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I did a pop album, 'Sogno,' in 1999. I think it's important to record another pop album because many people…
— Andrea Bocelli
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I'm a singer, not a politician, and I think you don't want the two to get confused. It's not OK…
— Bono
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The great music for so many artists - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones - was always at the moment when…
— Bono
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I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.
— Christina Aguilera
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But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work…
— David Bowie
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