Album Quotes

And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour.

I'm sure if we had made an album that was more traditional would have been released immediately. When we actually play this music on stage and people become familiar with it, it will become more popular.

My mother kept asking me, 'When are you going to do a gospel album?' And I've always wanted to do a gospel album. Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.

When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

No, every album is something like a snapshot. It only shows one moment in time. It shows what we feel and think right at that point in time, nothing more and nothing less.

I'm not worried. I'm just so grateful to be in the position that I'm in. I'm just going with the flow right now, and I think my album will come together quite nicely because I think everybody is on the same page.

All I can say is that I've had too many people in the hip-hop industry really like what I'm doing. I know where I'm coming from, and the album speaks for itself.

As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of a lot of everyday people.

I feel like I introduce another level of my creative ability on every album.

I don't want to be owned by a corporation and obliged to make a certain type of album. I want to be free.

Five years ago we were working on a new album when my health began failing.

I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album.

I don't wanna get into that space where a lot of guys now, their solo album is like eight or 10 songs with other people, you don't get an idea of who this guy is. I just wasn't interested in that.

I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.

I'm always sort of reflecting on what I do on what I've done. Usually before I make a new album, I'll listen to the previous albums just to see where I've been.

When you work on an album for three and a half years, you're kind of ready for it to get out there. To have your songs reach people.

Everyone gets that second album syndrome.

To do the Ozzfest again would be great. I'd like to finish with a final Sabbath album. You always feel that it is still a challenge.

I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when you get caught up in the gas, and you're young, and there's so much helium going on around you, you can't decipher the real end.

If you're looking for a deep album or you're looking for me to talk about past situations, it's not even about that. It's just 14 hot records that are gonna make you dance.

You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project.

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.

So I am one of those bass players who can do something and musically, it was back then and now it is even more, if you noticed on the new album, I am not playing all the time anymore.

But when our first album came out, I didn't think it was going to sell a lot of records.

We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.

One of my favorite songs from the album is a song called 'For Better or Worse,' and it's basically about unconditional love, which is, I'd say, an ongoing theme in my personal life.

I think every album you have to stretch further and further, give people another piece of you. But then I always try to deviate from the norm.

Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy.

If Frank and The Beach Boys got together and did a Super Session album, it would be a gas.

I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the coverage I've received of the album that the musicians got wonderful reviews for their contributions and abilities. I think the four musicians played freely within my limits.