“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've made a few albums in such an autonomous way; it often has been exhausting. It's almost difficult to enjoy the process when you take on so much.” WayHas BeensMadeProcessEnjoyDifficultAlbumsExhaustingAutonomous Author:Grant-Lee Phillips
“After 'Sports' came out in the fall of 1983, everything changed for me. Four of the album's singles became top-10 hits, and by the end of June in 1984, the album was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was quite a ride, and for the first time I had enough money to live the way I wanted.” WayFirstsEndsEnoughWantedFallSportsFourChangedFirst TimeAlbumsJuneHad EnoughSinglesBillboardsTop 10 Author:Huey Lewis
“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
“I come from a time when pop music was the coin of the cultural realm and in a certain way was the only coin of the realm; movies didn't matter as much, and not TV - it was all about pop music. In the era when I started - which was the early '60s - it was all about singles leading to albums.” WayMatterCertainTvsAlbumsPopsErasRealmsCoinsPop MusicSingles Author:Fred Seibert
“I would like to say when I turn the project over to the label that I have been successful. And that's truly the way I feel. But, in addition to the self-pride in 'making' a good album, to be honest, I'd love to have a hit record!” WayFeelsHas BeensSelfTurnsSuccessfulRecordsHonestPrideProjectsAlbumsLabelsBeing Honest 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
“I don't relate to what's left of the music business. There doesn't seem to be any point to it anymore. The business that I grew up in and loved, we made records a different way - there were record companies, there were stores where you could buy albums.” WayMadeDifferentSeemsLeftCompanyRecordsGrewGrew UpAlbumsStoresRelateDifferent WaysMusic BusinessRecord Companies Author:Don McLean
“I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album 'New York Groove'.” WayFeelsFirstsStarsFeltRocksNew YorkRight NowAlbumsFinishedSoloDestinedRock StarForesightMixingFeels RightGroove Author:Ace Frehley
“With us, people caught on to something on our third album, and that will never be repeated. Basically, I don't really have any complaints about the way that Beach House has grown. I feel like we're still in control of what we're doing, and it's a great time in our existence.” PeopleWayFeelsStillsHouseExistenceThirdsCaughtAlbumsBeachComplaintsGreat TimesBeach House Author:Victoria Legrand
“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.” ThinkingWayTwoSongSickAlbumsMeant To BeItunes Author:Mickey Melchiondo
“What really helps me is being able to record my albums at home - I have more fun experimenting that way, as opposed to working with an engineer, in which case I have to deal with the humiliation of doing take after take, and that can get frustrating.” WayHelpingHomeAbleFunDealsCasesRecordsAlbumsHelp MeEngineersHumiliationFrustrating Author:John Frusciante
“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.” WayTwoDifferentEnergySoundFocusAlbumsPerceiveMixtapes Author:Yelawolf