“The stage is the best experience in the world. It's a great compliment to be able to share the music, because people can hear my album but they don't get to make the connection in the same way as when it's one-to-one.” PeopleWorldWayAbleShareStageMusic IsConnectionsAlbumsComplimentBest Experiences Author:Vanessa Mae
“I definitely don't subscribe to the theory that more instruments, or more vocal tracks, harmony, or double tracking the voice, is a good thing. People do their early albums very stripped down, then each album becomes bloated.” PeopleVoiceTheoryHarmonyInstrumentsGood ThingsTrackAlbumsVocalTracking Author:Joanna Newsom
“I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.” PeopleSongStuffEnjoyFrontsStupidInvolvedSingingAlbumsArtwork Author:Frank Ocean
“It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter.” PeopleFirstsSpiritGivenMetsMeetingsAlbumsMaxGreat PeopleCarterDukesArmstrong Author:Abbey Lincoln
“Time Rolls On' is my most political piece so far. It's not on my album because people didn't support it.” PeoplePoliticalSupportPiecesAlbums Author:Sean Paul
“The whole point of 'Acid Rap' was just to ask people a question: does the music business side of this dictate what type of project this is? If it's all original music and it's got this much emotion around it and it connects this way with this many people, is it a mixtape? What's an 'album' these days, anyways?” PeopleIfsWayDoeWholeAsksSidesEmotionTypeProjectsOriginalsAlbumsRapThese DaysAcidMusic BusinessMixtapesOriginal Music Author:Chance the Rapper
“The main issue was deciding what to play: Should it be old Ramones material or new material? I had about three albums worth of new material, but I knew that people would rather hear the Ramones songs.” PeopleShouldPlaySongThreeIssuesMaterialsAlbumsRamones Author:Dee Dee Ramone
“I wanted to make an album that melodically people can connect to; something that reflects our times and the kinds of difficulties we face.” PeopleKindWantedFacesDifficultyAlbumsOur Time Author:Emeli Sande
“I know the difference between venture capital[ism] and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism is a good thing, comes in, gives that gap funding to help these companies get off and get started creating jobs, and work. But Mitt Romney and Bain Capital were involved with what I call vulture capitalism. And they walked into Gaffney and took over that photo album company for no other reason than to basically pick the bones clean. And those people lost their jobs.” PeopleKnowsGivingReasonHelpingJobsLostDifferencesCompanyInvolvedRepublicanCreatingPicksCapitalismGood ThingsCleanAlbumsBonesGapsVentureRomneyFundingIsmsVultureVenture CapitalCreating Jobs Author:Rick Perry
“It was so simple in the old days. You put out an album, people promoted it, it got in the charts, and you had a hit.” PeopleSimpleAlbumsOld Days Author:Jeff Lynne
“I don't think the label cares about an album... People just want their number-one record.” PeopleThinkingWantCareNumbersRecordsAlbumsLabels Author:Peter Tosh
“When you look at the Lady Gagas of the world, or the Jay-Zs, or the Black Eyed Peas, these are people who have one album release and it's a worldwide one.” PeopleWorldLooksBlackAlbumsReleasePeasGagaBlack Eyed Peas Author:Tinie Tempah
“I've always had a bazillion songs in my archive, but I want to play people stuff they know. Now that I have two albums' worth of material, that gives me freedom to compose a set that's more well-balanced and build a show rather than just a recital of some songs.” PeopleKnowsWantGivingWellsTwoPlayShowsSongStuffMaterialsGive MeAlbumsBalancedArchivesRecitals Author:Kate Voegele
“If I have a hit, then I hope the people who like the hit song go out and buy my album so they can hear it all.” PeopleIfsSongAlbums Author:Chely Wright
“I used to make albums because I wasn't touring, and so I thought, "This is the best way for people to find out about me.” PeopleWayUsedAlbumsBest WayTouring Author:Jen Kirkman