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There have been many socially conscious concept albums. I wanted to make a 'social consciousness' concept album disguised as a country record.
Sturgill Simpson
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I always wanted to make a three-record set. 'Sign o' the Times' was originally supposed to be a triple album, but it ended up as a double.
Prince
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Very similar experience happened last year when we released this album, North. It was on Deutsche Grammophon, it was very, very honest. It was the most honest record I've ever written.
Elvis Costello
My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my personal experiences and elevate them to universal experiences, so that I wasn't writing songs about living on a tour bus or being on a TV set for the first time.
Kate Voegele
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The first album is a classic record and I think the prototype of a sound that no one else does.


Kathy Valentine
On my first album I was wearing a lot of guys pants, baggy clothes and stuff like that. I was 17 and I was a little tomboy. And you would never see me wearing a dress or heels on my first record.
Avril Lavigne
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We were contracted to make a soundtrack album but there really wasn't enough new material in the movie to make a new record that I thought was interesting.
Roger Waters
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I was an artist, I was executive producer on my first album, so I've always had to manage both. I couldn't get a record deal. It wasn't by choice - I couldn't get a record deal, so I had to figure it out.
Jay-Z
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I'm a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in '96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq. I was like, 'Who is this guy? He's dope!' First album came out: awesome. Second album came out: awesome. Third album, I was like, 'Eh.' He started to get really successful. He wasn't 'mine' anymore.
Russell Peters
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I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.


Laura Marling
If you get a chance to be in a film, that's great. One of my goals is to make a record as good as Don Henley's album, Building the Perfect Beast.
Glenn Frey
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The modern world is personal; people want to know intimate things.


Nigella Lawson
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Obviously, with your first album, you want to make sure you are really happy with it.


Jake Bugg
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With 'Elect the Dead,' I learned how to make a rock record without a rock band and make the rock record I've always wanted to make.
Serj Tankian
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I wanted to make an album that melodically people can connect to; something that reflects our times and the kinds of difficulties we face.
Emeli Sande
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It's always been difficult to make a good record. To be perfectly honest with you, it's really about the person that's pushing the buttons. No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.
Dr. Dre
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I don't have to be working on an album to record a song.


DMX
I never thought I would work in mainstream superhero comics or Valiant or Marvel. I just set out to make the kinds of stories I wanted to make, which at the beginning was small personal stuff like 'Essex County.'
Jeff Lemire
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A wedding dress is both an intimate and personal for a woman - it must reflect the personality and style of the bride.
Carolina Herrera
I didn't want to do the whole, get the hottest person thing. I wanted to make sure every record felt right.
Pras Michel
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