So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well, and it worked out really well for me.
But I always wanted to do a theatrical stuff. But when you're in a metal band of course you're limited because five people in the band, um, you've got no keyboards. . . you're limited. And I wanted. . . to go over-the-top, you know. Literally. I wanted to make an album that people would either hate or love.
I have got an anthology album out. The American version has got the same mixes but the European version, I remixed them in the studio and added a couple of things that I have always wanted to add.
A really humbling experience that we've had was touring on Post-Nothing, was having people come up to us and tell that story about Post-Nothing. Especially as the tour went on, people saying, "I listened to your album when it first came out and I listened to it every day for the summer of 2009. That was my album for that summer; that was my album for this time in my life. " When somebody tells you that, it's a pretty amazing feeling, and very humbling.
I'm not trying to be cosmic, it's just that everything's on a roll and that's how it is. The songs within the album discuss that very condition.
I wanted to create a more spontaneous outlet for my songwriting to have alongside the more long-winded process of making an album. I wanted to have some fun.
New York's architecture alone is enough to inspire a whole album. In fact, that's what happened at first - my early stuff was mostly just interpretations of landscapes.
I'm a really visual artist, and I love writing treatments for music videos, photo shoots, fashion, and all the visual parts that go along with making an album.
I put out one album one week, and I'm already worried about the next one. I feel a lot of emotion throughout the course of a day. But not to the point where you need to be worried about me.
If I have a rap album I'm dropping, then I want it to be the best rap album.
I've always wanted to make a bluegrass album.
Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy.
My album will manifest many things I saw,did or heard about; I talk first hand never word of mouth.
A whole album to one writer - now that would be really interesting.
The White Album is important to me for different reasons. One - I had left the band on the White Album.
I guess I do feel the need to repent. I do feel like I owe the world a great album. I don't know why I feel that way. I just do.
My favorite album would have to be something from The Beatles.
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.
I think it says wonders about people that can write an entire album, and put out an entire album of great songs. I mean, the Brad Paisley's, Alan Jackson especially, even Taylor Swift - those people can really pen great stuff.
Nobody ever sees this part,” I said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s pretty. ” “So it’s like track six on an album,” Cole said.