Your fans can't just pop in whenever they want. I'm not gonna allow someone to just drop over my house whenever they want like, "Hey what's up? I bought your album so what's for dinner?"
There's so much music out there, and so many different styles that I've been influenced by, so each album reflects some of that knowledge or influence that I've had.
I love Katy Perry! She gave me a song for my second album.
I made my first album, and I guess it wasn't a fluke, because now I'm on my 16th.
I have recorded nine tracks for a new album which I financed myself and am looking for a home for.
I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ever since reading 'Play It As It Lays,' 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' and 'The White Album. '
Singing is my dream and, while it may have not been a commercial success, critically I was thrilled with the reception my first album got.
I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band.
I think every album serves as a step in your career.
The guy we want to get is the guy who did the Aerosmith album which is coming out in two days, and a Chili Peppers album, and a couple of Pearl Jam albums. We want to get someone that will sort of bring out the high energy aspect more than the dreaminess that was on the last album.
I've been blessed because there are a lot of great singers out there that didn't make it past their first album.
My sister Suga Tee is doing conscious rap. She speaks to the youth. She has an album coming out soon. She got saved but she is still doing her thing. She still spits good game. She's talented. She sings. I don't know if a lot of people know this but Suga Tee has a beautiful voice. So ya'll look out for her album you dig? And look forward to a future Clique album.
[Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was nominated for a Grammy for his spoken-word children's album] Halloween. . . Don't Give Up on Me.
I wanted the album to be aerodynamic, like an airplane taking off from a runway - all of a sudden you're in the air.
Even though we didn't actually record it as the Move I had already written a song called 'Dear Elaine,' which I subsequently put on the Boulders album. I thought at the time that was probably the best song I'd written.
If you had ever heard my album you would know that I could never consider the music business!
Everytime you put an album out with any producer you do the same thing.
I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
I got a liberal education. A white guy, rapping as Bugs Bunny, on a quintuple-platinum album.
I’ve never met anyone who made it with a chick because they owned a Tom Waits album. I’ve got all three, and it’s never helped me.