Album Quotes

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.

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.

The idea to do the album only on keyboards kind of happened by accident. I was quite happy with the sound and felt it really didn't need more instruments, so I didn't use them.

I think my favorite album was probably Realization.

I grew up listening to everything. I have such a love for music, but I don't want to make the same album over and over again.

I don't attend an actual school but I'm still following through with high school. I do work with a tutor for about six hours a day. It's hard core but definitely worth it, and it's my main focus now - finishing up high school before I release my new album and apply to college.

I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down.

If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket.

If I'd just been interested in record sales, I would have taken one of the deals I was offered after 'Soapstar Superstar,' made a quick covers album and probably had some success for five minutes. I decided that wasn't for me.

I've started working on a new album, I'm writing a new book... there are a lot of good things on the horizon.

When we made that album with Gary Moore, I was still kind of searching for the right direction for myself. Although the music is quite good the direction was like a box of fireworks that caught light all at the same time.

I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it was going to be that well received.

The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called 'Monk's Dream' almost every day from the time I was born.

We're putting a lot of pressure on ourselves for this second album and so we want to make it as great as we possibly can.

I love Katy Perry! She gave me a song for my second album.

It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots.

It's a classic album. If it ain't better than 'The Truth,' it's right there with it. I wouldn't say it if I ain't think so, 'cause 'The Truth' was my baby. That's the pure album.

I like listening to good music - and I can't stop playing my album.

The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is a certain grandeur.

Michael Giles the first drummer of King Crimson, never agreed to the name King Crimson. But then, if you'd knew Michael, you would know he didn't agree to the album cover either. So maybe Michael didn't agree to the point of definition with many things.

Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians.

All my album artwork is body painting.

I didn't ever want to make a rap album. I considered it too limiting. Now that's exactly what I've gone and done.