I think right now a lot of albums that are out there, they sound like mixtapes.
I've spent, like, over a million dollars on that Superficial album, so you will not be getting new music from me unless you'd like to GoFundMe.
Ive probably written about three albums that no one will ever hear.
I have complete artistic control, and I just do my best album every time and trust it to fate.
Chart numbers can be deceiving. An album doesn't have to sell that much these days to show up really high on the charts.
Yeah. It's all in the music first. The music is like women to me. It's like how you pick your music: everybody got their own different way how they pick their women and their music, and I guess that's what the album becomes.
I gave the album [You're Under Arrest] to Quincy Jones and he loved "D Train". We couldn't call it "D Train"; it's called "MDISomething's On Your MindMD2". That's on the album.
I want each album to say something different and be accepted better than the last one but I don't have any point to outdo any particular album of mine.
We are made of stardust; why not take a few moments to look up at the family 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 was on an island, just for melody, I would take albums by the Stones, ACDC and the Beach Boys' Smiley Smile.
My favorite album would have to be Rocket To Russia. I feel this album has the most classic Ramones songs.
Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for. It’s my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album’s price point is. I hope they don’t underestimate themselves or undervalue their art.
England is the first country that I've had a no. 1 album in, so it is now officially my home away from home.
I'm tired of being ruled by the Skull and Bones. The only place they belong are on punk-rock albums!
I think a lot of that album ["Tonight" ] is still very good. . . the songs, but I think I was indifferent to the arrangements.
My favorite time in music is probably 1970-75. Still Bill by Bill Withers, Harvest by Neil Young, John Prine's first album, James Taylor's One Man Dog-I hope I can bring the same sort of spirit I hear on those records.
I think the work is always personal. This album differs. It seems to be a lot more positive. It seems to have a certain amount of optimism about it.
I wanted out of my record deal with EMI. They wanted me to record one type of album; I wanted to record the type of music I wanted to make.
Dad had a music store, and he'd often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.