Productivity Quote by Thomas Koner

I think probably the first time I recorded anything was mid-2010.

— Jim James

Yeah, early '71 is when I got my record contract. I had a record come out by August of '71. Things happened really fast.

— John Prine

In this business, you're as good as your last hit record, and mine was more than 26 years ago.

— Tiny Tim

I did record 'The Chronic' in 1992. The year was not a total loss.

— Dr. Dre

What people don't realize when they talk about our lineup changes is that the original Against Me! broke up in 2001. It never recorded…

— Laura Jane Grace

Despite not having big hits while we were performing, over the years, we've ended up selling a lot of records.

— Marky Ramone

You know, in the days when I started, if you had Chet Atkins' name on your record as a producer and it was on…

— Waylon Jennings

My first record came out in 1961 and then I had one come out in 1962 and then I had two that came out in 1964.

— Hasil Adkins

I was the youngest producer to have a No. 1 record when Kris Kross first came out, and that was a record I held…

— Jermaine Dupri

I don't think I went a year or so without a record between 1959 and 1979, sometimes two.

— Dave Van Ronk

That first record, I wrote before I had a record deal.

— Carly Pearce

I never thought I'd be doing records a year after I started - I had no idea it would last as long as it…

— Boy George