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I've been blessed because there are a lot of great singers out there that didn't make it past their first album.


Ruben Studdard

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B. B. KING Even writing verses from my first album, there were songs that I didn't use because I just felt ...
FLEUR EAST On every album I've put out, I've put diverse Canadian songs on it. They're not provinci...
STOMPIN' TOM CONNORS I think if you look back at the lead singers that left groups that didn't make it, you'll se...
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EDIE FALCO I've only been to jail once, and I didn't get my tattoos there.
WATKIN TUDOR JONES Our first album didn't work because we tried to be something we're not.
QUAVO I've worked with a lot of first time directors; in fact, I enjoy it because there is a certain b...
STEPHANIE ALLAIN I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.
MARC ALMOND I've done a lot of partying in my time because I didn't want to go home and I didn't kno...
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA I've been reading a lot about North Korea ever since I got the part in 'The Interview' b...
RANDALL PARK I wouldn't mind doing Broadway, but I am definitely trying to get a album out there first.
NAIMA ADEDAPO I love a lot of the '70s singers: Pam Grier from the 'Foxy Brown' movie, Diana Ross, Tin...
JILLIAN HERVEY There have always been female artists and singers putting bands together all the time. But we were n...
BETTY WRIGHT I've started working on a new album, I'm writing a new book... there are a lot of good thing...
ACE FREHLEY There's a lot of things that are good in Scientology, because I wouldn't have been in it. An...
LEAH REMINI There are many projects I couldn't get off the ground because they didn't have white heroes....
EUZHAN PALCY I've had a lot of dates, but I don't think there's been anyone that special or important...
ANNE ROBINSON I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embod...
SALMA HAYEK I've had a good run. I've built a lot of things that work and a lot of things that didn'...
CARROLL SHELBY The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my ...
SCOTT STAPP My first album is a lot of my personal experiences. I wanted people to relate to what I've been ...
REBECCA FERGUSON 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 A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good...
JOHN MILIUS With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got...
M. C. GAINEY I've worked with actors before where I was like, this is not working, and then I've seen the...
VINCENT KARTHEISER 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 I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of t...
MEL TORME At first, I didn't hang out with celebrity kids. That wasn't the way I was brought up. I wen...
LILY COLLINS I think it's pretty normal that there are a lot of people out there who don't like us.
GAVIN ROSSDALE It's true, there's a lot of melancholy in my music. I don't know why, I'm not a mela...
NORAH JONES Children, a lot of times, can't make their parents wrong because they have to live with them, be...
LANA PARRILLA In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Som...
IAN MCKELLEN A lot of people don't have near the amount of success as I've been blessed to have, and it&#...
LUKE BRYAN I've been blessed. I've had a great life and am continuing to have one.
JACK RAMSAY I think that debut albums are supposed to sound sort of raw. You don't want to record 'Sgt. ...
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DON MEREDITH There's lots of things that can't make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots...
DANA SPIOTTA I don't like that, because there are a lot of people whose works I admire as actors or actresses...
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GREG MOTTOLA Because there are so many shows on and because I've been so hands-on - I've had a piece on a...
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FACUNDO PIERES There are actresses who've had expensive work done and look great, so I'm not holier-than-th...
CELIA IMRIE For some reason I've been labeled that and it's fine, but there are a lot of other artists t...
ALAN JACKSON In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a...
SIMON COWELL I have a lot of stories to tell because I've been down a lot of roads people haven't been.
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DR. DRE Records have never really been my strong suit. I've always been a much better live act. I didn&#...
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ED MCMAHON Because I've been a full professor doing research and lecturing at the University of California,...
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NYLE DIMARCO There's a lot of bad things going on but I didn't do nothing.
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