Album Quote by will.i.am

You can't control it once you turn it into the label, so there's the expectation that it'll leak a week before the album comes…

— Lupe Fiasco

To go indie is a thing. But to put an album in the stores, you need a distribution label.

— Drake

The whole time after you record an album, you're just waiting for the release date. You're waiting for fans to hear it and stuff.

— Travis Barker

We wanted to do something different and have a surprise release. At first, naturally, the label was getting a little scared about that, because…

— Johnny Christ

I don't think the record company is aware of it. Because they just bury my albums and don't release them.

— Les Baxter

A label is like a bank with all these really important relationships, and maybe an aesthetic or a point of view. But if you…

— Robin Pecknold

I want people to really care when I release an album.

— Mabel

Releasing albums is a thing of the past.

— Tulsi Kumar

I never thought I'd get to the point where I'd be able to release a proper album, and I absolutely never thought that when…

— Lewis Capaldi

I don't think the label cares about an album... People just want their number-one record.

— Peter Tosh

When I am excited about a song I want to release it rather than wait to build up an album.

— Jackson Harris

I can't wait until the record label feels like it's time for my album to come out, and then just disappear.

— Donnis