I haven't had a perfect career. I've put some albums out that, looking back, I'm not super proud of, but there's also a lot of stuff that I am very proud of.
Like books and black lives - albums still matter. Tonight and always.
I think much has been made of this alter ego business. I mean, I actually stopped creating characters in 1975 - for albums, anyway.
Leona Lewis made some really nice albums.
Amazon.com isn't the same as going down an aisle. The same as record stores. You'll go for Billie Holiday, and you buy Gustav Mahler as you're going out the door.
I'm hoping to become a recording artist and make albums and go on tour.
I'm very proud of 'Backatown,' and usually I don't like to listen to my records.
Albums like 'Major Moves' or 'High Notes' - those still sound good to me.
I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the album.
I remember my first albums: Brandy's first album and Usher's 'My Way.'
I've probably bought ten CDs in my whole life.
I grew up in the era of the concept album. What I do now is pick up on singles, and they are their own complete stories; you don't necessarily have to hear the rest of the album because I don't think albums are created like that anymore. They get songs from all over the place.
I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.
Most of my albums have a concept. They all have some kind of theme, some kind of feeling. I really take pride in that.
I could say that 'Exile On Main Street' was my favourite or whatever, but I'm more about the songs and the artists and the sound that they bring.
A good album can make your day. A great album can change your life.
I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water.
I feel like B sides are always better, no matter whose record it is.
Break-up albums are the best kind.
I guess many game music fans prefer original soundtrack albums.
In the past, when Jay-Z did 'Best of Both Worlds' with R. Kelly, I thought it was a great album, but the campaign went south because of personalities.
All of my favourite albums have this incredible amount of conceptual glue to them, even if they are not telling a story.
Who'll love Aladdin Sane? Battle cries and champagne just in time for sunrise.
One thing I always hated with CDs is when people started putting 65 to 75 minutes on their albums.
When I was growing up, you would put on a KISS record or a UFO or Aerosmith record and listen to it from the first song through the last song. It's been so long since a band has put out a record like that.
