Albums Quotes - Page 16

• I was still in school after I dropped my first solo album.

  Lil Wayne

  School, Firsts, Solo

  "The Nino Brown Story, Pt. 2". Documentary, 2010.

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• If I have a rap album I'm dropping, then I want it to be the best rap album.

  Lil Wayne

  Rap, Want, Being The Best

  "Lil Wayne Says He Turned To Rock Because He Got 'Tired' Of Rapping" by Jayson Rodriguez, www.mtv.com. April 01, 2009.

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• I got to live out my 11-year-old fantasies - I got to go on stage with Green Day. Billie Joe called my name from the stage. 'Dookie' was the first album I ever bought. I covered the whole of 'Nimrod' and he'd heard it. That was like the 11-year-old girl dreamed.

  Florence Welch

  Girl, Years, Names

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• I'm really careful with what the music gets put with, and we say no to so much stuff, loads of it, for things that might quadruple the sales of my album. But if it doesn't fit then it doesn't fit, you know?

  Florence Welch

  Might, Stuff, Fit

  "Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine: An EW Q&a". Interview with Leah Greenblatt, ew.com. September 13, 2010.

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• I've spent a lot of time in tiny venues in the way that I got my record deal and got my name out there just performing live. I was literally performing my songs in all kinds of different ways with different guitarists, and I didn't have an album up online or anything. It's been a lot of work; it definitely hasn't been a sudden explosion into fame.

  Florence Welch

  Song, Names, Different

  "Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine: An EW Q&a". Interview with Leah Greenblatt, ew.com. September 13, 2010.

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• The first album, for better or for worse, was done over from the ages of 17-22, with a couple of different producers. Some of it was recorded in an old swimming pool, some of it was recorded in a synagogue - it kind of was all over the place.

  Florence Welch

  Couple, Swimming, Age

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• When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.

  Florence Welch

  Character, Hair, Choices

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• I didn't want to play it boring and safe. I also didn't want to innovate too much. Second albums, man, they're even scarier than first ones.

  Kanye West

  Men, Play, Safe

  "Kanye West in the Studio: Beats Down! Money Up! (2000-2006)". Book by Jake Brown, 2006.

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• You know, my first album, some of those jokes I'd done for twelve years because I couldn't throw 'em out.

  Ron White

  Years, Twelve, Ems

  Interview with Guy MacPherson, www.guymacpherson.ca. October 24, 2006.

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• There used to be a huge hole in my life that I wrote many albums about. I didn't realise it was a wife-and-daughter-shaped hole. They've plugged that gap. Everything I do, I do for them now. When daddy goes to work, it's daddy going to work, not Rob going to work. I feel like there's a purpose to everything.

  Robbie Williams

  Daughter, Daddy, Wife

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• George Carlin's album, 'Class Clown,' came out when I was in high school. I memorized a lot of that album. I'd come home from school, put it on, and listen over and over. I started memorizing it. I don't even know why. I loved it so much I memorized it.

  Steven Wright

  Home, School, Class

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• In the '80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear - that if I didn't, people would soon forget about me.

  Al Yankovic

  Thinking, Years, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Yes, but I view Frank's music as fully composed. In other words, the arrangements can work for any idiom such as a rock band or an orchestra. Frank was a brilliant arranger and could make his music work in any context. He proved that tour after tour and album after album.

  Dweezil Zappa

  Music, Rocks, Views

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• Bollywood is huge. Anything that's made in large quantity will evidently overshadow others. But that won't stop artistes from making albums. A person who has faith in his music will go ahead.

  Kailash Kher

  Bollywood, Have Faith, Made

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• We are made of stardust; why not take a few moments to look up at the family album?

  Natalie Angier

  Looks, Why Not, Moments

  Natalie Angier (2009). “The Canon: The Beautiful Basics of Science”, p.9, Faber & Faber

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• Don’t play that game with me, Acheron. Tell me what I need to know! (Xypher) Nice tone. We should rent you out to record Halloween albums. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Nice, Halloween, Games

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Dream Chaser: Number 14 in series”, p.71, Hachette UK

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• All tapes left in a car for more than about a fortnight metamorphose into Best of Queen albums.

  Terry Pratchett

  Queens, Car, Tape

  Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett (2011). “Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch”, p.16, Harper Collins

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• My new album that I'm creating, which is finished pretty much, was written with this new instinctual energy that I've developed getting to know my fans. They protect me, so now it's my destiny to protect them.

  Lady Gaga

  Destiny, Creating, Energy

  "Lady Gaga wants next album to be her 'iconic moment'". www.mtv.com. June 01, 2010.

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• In retrospect Hank I don't know why I spent four years writing this book when I could have just made a hit sing-a-ma-jig album.

  John Green

  Book, Writing, Years

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• Nobody ever sees this part,” I said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s pretty.” “So it’s like track six on an album,” Cole said.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Track, Matter, Six

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.79, Scholastic Inc.

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• I once lost five years listening to a Pink Floyd album.

  Jim Butcher

  Years, Listening, Lost

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.36, Penguin

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• I thought if we made an album that tried to change the world, or give it hope, it would really happen. But all people found was death and destruction and misery and self-hate. I learned that the world doesn't want to be saved, and it will f**king punch you in the face if you try.

  Gerard Way

  Kings, Hate, Self

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• There are some things I don't understand about Jess and never will. No wedding dress. No flowers. No photo album. No champagne. The only thing she got out of her wedding was a husband. (I mean, obviously the husband is the main point when you get married. Absolutely. That goes without saying. But still, not even a new pair of shoes?)

  Sophie Kinsella

  Husband, Flower, Mean

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• To all the boys who inspired this album: You should've known. ;)

  Taylor Swift

  Boys, Inspired, Should

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• Albums that remind me of my childhood happiness make me incredibly sad now.

  Mindy Kaling

  Childhood

  Mindy Kaling (2011). “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition)”, p.170, Crown/Archetype

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