T.I. quote: "I think my first hit was probably '24 is a Rubberband Man,' which was my second album. My first project, it was very well received in the Southeast region, all throughout the South and parts of the Midwest. It was very well received, but I didn't get national exposure on my second album."

It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My s...
M.I.A.

Growing up, I remember I had several different 45 singles. But the first album I received was from a...
KIMBERLY SCHLAPMAN

I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it ...
ACE FREHLEY

At the time I was writing the second album, I was sitting home in my underwear all day every day; I ...
MAC DEMARCO

Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
R. L. STINE

I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, ...
VANESSA MAE

I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' b...
HANNIBAL BURESS

All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. ...
ISAAC HAYES

The second album was emotionally exhausting and my life felt like it had become very serious at a ve...
DELTA GOODREM

I'm a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in '96. He was on a record with Sha...
RUSSELL PETERS

My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved...
YAEL NAIM

I think, for every artist, the second album is the most terrifying one to put out because it can eit...
THOMAS RHETT

My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my p...
KATE VOEGELE

The hardest thing about writing my second album is that I had 20 years to write my first album.
HALSEY

I was thrilled with how the first series of 'Sherlock' was received. It was such great fun t...
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

The very first time I ever heard anything of mine on the radio, I was in New Jersey, and I was in my...
FRANKIE VALLI

Just about the entirety of the first album, 'Brown Sugar,' I wrote it, the majority of that ...
D'ANGELO

I did make a solo album in my house when I was there. And because I was just afraid of flying, I wou...
CHRISTINE MCVIE

I was hoping the album would do well. But the nomination gives it a little validation, I guess. I me...
DANA LANDRY

I did my first film when I was in the final year of my graduation. At that time, I was still a kid, ...
UDAY KIRAN

'Unbreakable Smile' was based off one of the songs I wrote for the album - it was actually t...
TORI KELLY

I made my first album, and I guess it wasn't a fluke, because now I'm on my 16th.
BONNIE RAITT

I have three older brothers, and we all have different combinations of parents. My father was the be...
INARA GEORGE

A lot happened in Vancouver. It was my first Western experience. I learned English, which is my seco...
JASON WU

The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' - I was five. And I think the second on...
KATEE SACKHOFF

My first album was mainly dealing with street issues, and it was 'coded': it was called '...
JAY-Z

Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartb...
ADELE

For me, I was somebody who was a smart young guy who didn't do very well in school. The basic sy...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

A circumstance that I was dealing with when recording my second album was I was diagnosed with multi...
JULIE ROBERTS

One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. S...
TAYLOR MOMSEN

I didn't start out about weight loss. I was very tired and my energy was low. This is my second ...
NIECY NASH

I was always into music. And none of my friends were really into music the same way I was. So it was...
MARTINA MCBRIDE

I really told my story as I saw it in 'Cross to Bear,' and I was pleased - and a bit surpris...
GREGG ALLMAN

London was my first Olympics, but I tried for three beforehand. I was measured for the Olympic unifo...
ELOISE WELLINGS

Whenever you fly into Louisville, you see a sign that says, 'It's Possible Here.' I reme...
BRYSON TILLER

I personally wouldn't want my second album to sound like my first; it might sound very rocky or ...
BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE

My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books w...
TAO LIN

I was an artist, I was executive producer on my first album, so I've always had to manage both. ...
JAY-Z

In my head, I consider 'No Turning Back' my 'dipping the toe in the water' album. It...
IMELDA MAY

My first album was completed in three months.
ADAM LAMBERT

I was bullied very badly in high school. I was a very successful kid. I sold my first company at a y...
CHARLIE EBERSOL

One of my favorites is one called 'Rory's Radio' that I wrote about my brother Jeff'...
ASHTON SHEPHERD

My first kiss was at a sleep-away camp, and it was very awkward and over quickly. And that was that....
JILLIAN HERVEY

My first car was, as depicted in 'Sleepwalk with Me,' my mother's '92 Volvo station ...
MIKE BIRBIGLIA

My first Broadway show wasn't until I was a freshman in high school. It was my first trip to New...
LAURA OSNES

'Rolling Stone,' my first single, was only a hit in Portugal, but when we recorded my second...
SUZI QUATRO

I've been performing since I was very little, about three years old. I was inspired at first by ...
ERICH BERGEN

My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good ...
ELLEN BARKIN

I walked out of... was it 'Stardust?' That thing with the witches? I was so looking forward ...
SHARLTO COPLEY

It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of w...
CARLY PATTERSON

The first album I owned was probably a Backstreet Boys album, and shortly after was Shania Twain.
CASSADEE POPE

When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an...
VANESSA MAE

My very first job was working on a TV show that was a prestigious TV show and well done - was called...
EDWARD ZWICK

My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn't get any better than Spock.
SELMA BLAIR

The first letter I received was that they froze my bank account, my checking account.
ROBERT LEVINE

When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an al...
FLORENCE WELCH

I have a sentimental feeling for my very first cover I was on - it was 'Bazaar' Magazine.
CAROL ALT

I'm really proud of 'Bright Lights' because I was still in the mind frame of my first al...
ELLIE GOULDING

My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.
KAT DENNINGS

I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'...
DYLAN O'BRIEN

My first option was the shot. But I didn't have the shot. My second option was to dump it [down] low...
LAMONT HAMILTON

I think most bands probably peak on their first album. We peaked on our third album. On the first al...
JOHNNY RAMONE

My career was really odd, because I literally had a greatest hits album out and nobody knew who I wa...
KENNY CHESNEY

I remember that - you know, I didn't receive a formal education. I was educated in the Montevide...
EDUARDO GALEANO

When I made 'Who Needs Pictures,' my first album, I had been west of the Mississippi River o...
BRAD PAISLEY

My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the chu...
JOHN LEGEND

I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that ...
DAMBISA MOYO

I'm very emotional. When I went through my first breakup, I thought it was the end of the world,...
SELENA GOMEZ

My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the dri...
KATE WALSH

My first album was me finding myself and my voice, finding how I sing. I was rolling with the punche...
CHRIS BROWN

My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-rack...
HAILEE STEINFELD

The first song that I remember writing in its entirety was when I was 9 years old. I wrote it on a b...
KAT EDMONSON

I thought I was going to make crazy cartoons for the rest of my life. I didn't think I'd eve...
MATT GROENING

I don't sing now, because I had polio when I was 15, bulbar polio. This was when the epidemic wa...
CHARLIE HADEN

I didn't have an exhibition anywhere until I was 30. My first exhibition was at 30, and then for...
TRACEY EMIN

Playing Joanne in 'London to Brighton' was my first taste of film, and I loved every second ...
GEORGIA GROOME

First, I wanted to be Chris Farley. When I was growing up, Chris Farley was still on the stages and ...
JAKE JOHNSON

I just made my album. I did my best. And I uploaded the video just to 'YouTube.' That was al...
PSY

When 'Destroyer' was first released, we got a strong backlash from our hardcore fans. After ...
PETER CRISS

I didn't get my first car until I was 22. It was a BMW 1602 and now I've got it back I'm...
JAY KAY

I wasn't necessarily the brightest in my family. I think my older sister was probably more cleve...
WENDI DENG MURDOCH

It was a very disappointing way to finish my senior year and wrestling career with Vintage, but it h...
MICHELE QUERIN

The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his calle...
BENNY GREEN

Well I like everything but my first love has always been piano because when I started out there was ...
JACK BRUCE

It's very cool to be able to say that my first real film was 'Footloose' and my second f...
JULIANNE HOUGH

I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album s...
FLUME

I didn't see deep emotion from my parents. It was all very polite and very surface. I never knew...
ELLEN DEGENERES

When I first started acting I was about nine years old. I had never been to audition in my life and ...
ALEXANDER LUDWIG

I was born in South Bend, and I've been a Hoosier all my life.
JACKIE WALORSKI

My first album didn't come out until I was 27, which in pop years is late, you know. But when it...
BJORK

It's a classic album. If it ain't better than 'The Truth,' it's right there with...
BEANIE SIGEL

I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
RANDY NEWMAN

The first win came very quick, and I didn't know what it meant to win a major championship. I wa...
INBEE PARK

I wanted to have a go at a pop career. My first single, 'Baby I Don't Care', was a hit, ...
JENNIFER ELLISON

I think the very first time I was probably about 6 or 7, ... I went with my father. I think it was a...
KYLE EASTWOOD

My album is very uplifting and positive and fun. That was my mission - to get people up on their fee...
FLEUR EAST

On my first album I was wearing a lot of guys pants, baggy clothes and stuff like that. I was 17 and...
AVRIL LAVIGNE

There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.
KATE SMITH

I didn't want to get into acting. I was very happy doing MTV, it took up my time, I was content.
NAFISA JOSEPH

Barbra Streisand, for one, is one of my idols. I've listened to her since I was a little kid - t...
IDINA MENZEL

I think my first hit was probably '24 is a Rubberband Man,' which was my second album. My first project, it was very well received in the Southeast region, all throughout the South and parts of the Midwest. It was very well received, but I didn't get national exposure on my second album.

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