Albums Quotes - Page 38

• I'm not a big reggae dude. I have maybe two other reggae albums.

  Dave Willis

  Two, Reggae, Bigs

  "Random Rules: Dave Willis". Interview with Scott Gordon, www.avclub.com. March 31, 2008.

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• I get sick when I think about someone going to iTunes and downloading two songs off our album. It's not meant to be listened to that way.

  Mickey Melchiondo

  Song, Thinking, Two

  "Dean Ween of Ween". Interview with Steven Hyden, music.avclub.com. October 31, 2007.

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• I probably could have gone in depth about a lot of things, but then the album would've been longer. You can't have a short album when you're talking about suicide and cocaine. That's not going to be a short album.

  Kid Cudi

  Suicide, Talking, Depth

  "Kid Cudi's Complex Cover Story: The Outtakes". Interview with Joe La Puma, www.complex.com. October 12, 2010.

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• Most of my albums have a concept. They all have some kind of theme, some kind of feeling. I really take pride in that.

  Yelawolf

  Pride, Feelings, Kind

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• The way I perceive an album to sound and the way I put out mixtapes are two different energies. There's a different focus; there's a different sound.

  Yelawolf

  Two, Focus, Way

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• Putting out a debut album is a bit scary - I want it to be just right, so I took some extra time to finish it. Eminem's increased involvement has been such a blessing; I'm getting guidance from an artist I really admire and trust.

  Skylar Grey

  Artist, Blessing, Extra Time

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Nothing you see on the Internet is mine unless it comes from one of my albums, books, HBO specials, or appeared on my website.

  George Carlin

  Book, Technology, Hbo

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• Who really needs a new album from me?

  Elton John

  Needs

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• I'm singing 'English Tea' from my new album 'Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.' I have a cup of tea in the morning, so it's something good to wake up to.

  Paul McCartney

  Morning, Tea, Singing

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• I started recording the album four years ago. It was very different then - totally rock and roll.

  Paris Hilton

  Rocks, Years, Rock And Roll

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• My album will manifest many things I saw,did or heard about;
  I talk first hand never word of mouth.

  O.C.

  Hands, Hip Hop, Mouths

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• The crews that are going to be self-produced are going to make the great albums, as opposed to making these mix-tapes, these compilations - "Me over this guy" It sounds good individually, but the art of the record is something that is lost. It gets to the point where it's just vocalists and producers coming in and piecing things together.

  El-P

  Art, Self, Guy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• A good rapper is a good rapper, a good album is a good album. I don't think anyone is inherently good.

  El-P

  Rapper, Thinking, Good Rapper

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I've worked with a lot of different producers, a lot of different writers on the album, so I mostly feel like I learned a lot about what I don't want to do the next time around.

  Yukimi Nagano

  Different, Want, Next

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I've had production offers with artists I really admire, and oftentimes that doesn't work out. Sometimes it does, but... For instance I was asked if I wanted to do a Talking Heads album back in the late '70s, early '80s, and I was already working on a different project and didn't have time, so I never got the opportunity to work with them.

  Todd Rundgren

  Artist, Opportunity, Talking

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I realize that people won't even download the entire album and might just download a song or two and put it in a playlist for a workout or in the background while people do dishes. That's fine and I can't dictate how people listen to my music, but I structure records the way I listen to records.

  Mikal Cronin

  Song, Workout, Two

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I took a lot time to do the first album, and I was really happy about that album. I co-wrote the songs and it was a learning process. When I was working on that album I realized, for the first time, that I could write my own songs.

  Tove Styrke

  Song, Writing, Firsts

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• To me the most important thing is getting into a studio and making an album that is 12 or 14 amazing songs, getting up onstage, and making people happy by livening the rock.

  Dave Grohl

  Song, Rocks, People

  "A Few Good Foos from a FOO FIGHTER". Interview with Ray Rogers, www.interviewmagazine.com. May, 1997.

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• When it comes to making an album I take that very seriously. I am meticulous, overworked. That's my time to put everything under the microscope.

  Dave Grohl

  Microscopes, Meticulous, My Time

  "A Few Good Foos from a FOO FIGHTER". Interview with Ray Rogers, www.interviewmagazine.com. May, 1997.

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• With this record [The Colour and the Shape], I started taking the lyrics more seriously. This is a very personal album.

  Dave Grohl

  Records, Shapes, Colour

  "New Again: Dave Grohl". Interview with Ray Rogers, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 22, 2015.

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• The Nirvana unplugged album was something we'd always knew we were capable of doing, but it was just a matter of doing it right.

  Dave Grohl

  Matter, Capable

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. August 9, 2006.

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• In a way, as much as we love to be a big, loud rock band, the acoustic album was a lot easier to make than the rock records. I think because it was brand new territory for the band.

  Dave Grohl

  Thinking, Rocks, Band

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. August 9, 2006.

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• Ramones or AC/DC are two bands that have managed to keep their signature sound and their signature formula for years and years and album after album after album, without it seeming like a dead-end street.

  Dave Grohl

  Two, Years, Signatures

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I could find faults with all my albums because that's just a part of being an artist - it's hard being a human being, isn't it?

  Kate Bush

  Artist, Faults, Humans

  Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. May 16, 2011.

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• I spend a lot of time working and with my family, so I don't have much time around the edges to do much else. I don't really listen to a great deal of music. I love music, but since I spend a lot of time in the studio, we probably watch a movie rather than listen to albums. I get to hear stuff, but not on the grand scale.

  Kate Bush

  Watches, Stuff, Music Love

  Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. May 16, 2011.

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