Lauren Alaina Quotes

When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring.

I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours.

So, it ended up being what you have there, seven songs brand new and ten live songs which is a good mix.

Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite Chic has lend their voice.

When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

Music is also a part of who I am so I'm thinking about recording an album.

I have a lot of albums yet to do.

My first record came out while I was a senior in high school, which is dangerous.

I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened.

The second album of Black Mages is currently in the process of recording and the basic tracks have already been completed. Hopefully sometime in the future we will be able to have a concert.

When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD.

If you want to put out a song that you wrote yesterday, tomorrow go on Twitter, type in a new URL, and give it to the people!

Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.

I'm always on tour, so I'm always trying new tracks out live before they're released. That's more necessity than anything, because I don't get a proper chance to sit in a studio and work on tracks like other producers do.

I'm a player and I do it because I love playing whether it's for my album or someone else's.

I've got a song on One Direction's album called 'Tell Me A Lie'. It's a really cute song - I love it. I loved that they liked it. They sound really great on it. I already have it - I'm so VIP with my copy on my computer! It does sound really good.

I haven't really been recording in the last several years. I haven't wanted to. And even though I had to deal with Sony and now I'm on Universal again, I will probably put out a new record soon.

Acting comes first. I would love to make an album. I was at an event... for Dionne Warwick, and we got to go in the studio and go crazy. I love singing, but it's very time consuming. I have to make time for it.

Little moments of excitement shape the sound of a record. You don't have anything, and then you start to have little parts that give you the energy to move forward because you start to see something.

There's just no telling what I'll do. But I can say for certain I will continue to play, record, and put out music.

I need a big picture. I can't just do a collection of songs; that doesn't work for me.

I love singing and would love to record an album at some point.

With the music that I've put out, I realized that putting pressure on an album isn't always the right thing to do for yourself.

I've put a lot of records out and a lot of soundtracks, and 'Hannibal' is kind of a special one.

I'm excited for the audiences to hear the title track, 'Cheers to the Fall,' plus 'Red Flags' and 'Rearview.'