On every album I've put out, I've put diverse Canadian songs on it. They're not provincial album; my albums are national albums. There'll be a song about Saskatchewan and Vancouver and Nova Scotia on there.
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Related I've got a song on every album, two songs as a matter of fact on every album without Auto-Tune, ... T-PAIN I've done gospel songs on every album. DMX One of the first records I bought for myself was a Keith Whitley record. I still love the 'L.A. ... CHRIS YOUNG I've made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I've made two real stinkers in my time... DAVID BOWIE I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves. CARLY SIMON If I can put on my album in a car or on my headphones and listen to the whole thing and love it, tha... ED SHEERAN First of all, I've been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn't wri... BARRY MANILOW This 'Making Mirrors' album is far more personal, even if there's a character element to... GOTYE The album's not dead for me; I still buy vinyl albums. JIMMY PAGE I don't write all my stuff. Everybody always thinks that. But in just about every album I've... ALAN JACKSON 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 plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't fe... EDDIE VAN HALEN I've got a song on One Direction's album called 'Tell Me A Lie'. It's a really c... KELLY CLARKSON If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my so... JAMES IHA The one album I can't live without is called 'Cumbolo' by a band called Culture. Every s... IDRIS ELBA The only person I've worked with on my album was Kanye. And between the stuff that I've done... NICK CANNON I think one thing you could probably say for all my albums is that they're all pretty eclectic p... KELLY CLARKSON We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen. FREDDIE MERCURY I've always had a teenage thread running through my music. On my first album, I had a song calle... BONNIE MCKEE I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX I got to see Jack White. I love his new album. There's a song on the album called 'I Think I... ADAM PALLY Am I the man who killed Deep Purple? I don't think so. I think every band from that era, even if... GLENN HUGHES We've gone further on this album, where we have a Big Band song, kind of a Sinatra-type song; we... ZAC BROWN I'm a sensitive guy. If you are a woman and you're in any kind of emotional duress and you w... MATTHEW PERRY I've been blessed because there are a lot of great singers out there that didn't make it pas... RUBEN STUDDARD With some artists, I've noticed that after their songs have been licensed, on their next album y... PRISCILLA AHN A song of mine called 'I'll Take Care of You' was on that 'Wide Open Spaces' Dix... J. D. SOUTHER Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but conce... KAILASH KHER It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in e... AALIYAH I'll be a nun, raise my daughter, and make albums. BRANDY NORWOOD The fact I even get an opportunity to make one album is crazy. But if all goes to plan, I'll get... VANCE JOY I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African Am... MALCOLM D. LEE So we are not doing the traditional album, tour, album, tour, album, tour anymore. We're going t... ED O'BRIEN I did an album a long time ago called 'Replicas,' which was entirely science-fiction driven,... GARY NUMAN I've tried to be more self-sufficient as I've gotten older. I'd like to not worry about ... KRIS KRISTOFFERSON My goal is to put out an album with every song being an original composition of mine. I want the cre... GREGG ALLMAN It's about giving the people what they want. So many people have told me that they've made l... TYRESE GIBSON I've been hugely inspired by the songwriting of Lauryn Hill and Tracy Chapman - on their albums,... REBECCA FERGUSON I think that debut albums are supposed to sound sort of raw. You don't want to record 'Sgt. ... TAYLOR HAWKINS I'd like to do a Christmas album. I've never done a Christmas album. TANYA TUCKER I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album. MELISSA JOAN HART Making a record? You've got to have the song, then you create a record. I think it's the sam... TOM PETTY I actually had a week where I literally wrote four songs and all of them are on my album. But someti... LAURA BELL BUNDY My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've alway... BONNIE BLAIR People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, bot... TALIB KWELI 'Unbreakable Smile' was based off one of the songs I wrote for the album - it was actually t... TORI KELLY Releasing an album on a major label is like sending a package through Fed Ex. You know that it'l... WILL.I.AM I love what I do, and I think I've appreciated it more throughout the years, but just to keep on... ENRIQUE IGLESIAS I think that's what makes my music different from other artists in my lane is that I write every... MIKE POSNER I try to be careful to not just say it's a greatest hits show because we've also made effort... GERRY BECKLEY I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of t... MEL TORME Even writing verses from my first album, there were songs that I didn't use because I just felt ... FLEUR EAST I've gone up to a random guy in a grocery store before and said, 'Hi, I think you're cut... AUTUMN REESER I think most bands probably peak on their first album. We peaked on our third album. On the first al... JOHNNY RAMONE Downstairs in my house, I have a museum room. I keep all of my awards down there, and childhood phot... R. KELLY It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something. MEL GIBSON There's always room for your hard-core country songs, and that will always shine through, and I&... LUKE BRYAN I have hundreds and hundreds of songs waiting to get on albums, but I don't know about the three... JEWEL If an artist wants to work with me because they feel I've made some credible albums and there... PHIL RAMONE I don't do filler songs. I don't get them. They don't make any sense to me. Why would I ... BETTY WHO When 'Goodfellas' is on TNT, and they've taken out all the curse words and put Tide comm... ATO ESSANDOH All of these reissues were not authorized by me, I do not endorse them, the live album was put out w... JELLO BIAFRA I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set. VICTORIA PRATT The average rap life is two or three albums. You're lucky to get to your second album in rap! JAY-Z George Carlin's album, 'Class Clown,' came out when I was in high school. I memorized a ... STEVEN WRIGHT I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact... ANGUS YOUNG I know people have tattooed my 'Sons of Anarchy' photos, they've painted them, on their ... KIM COATES You never know when you put out an album that's unique whether it'll get beat up for it or n... BEN FOLDS I've had this song in a drawer for a long time, maybe seven or eight years. Every time I'd d... CHRIS LEDOUX I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here... ADAM ANT I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've e... MALCOLM WILSON I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'... CARLOS SANTANA I think, for every artist, the second album is the most terrifying one to put out because it can eit... THOMAS RHETT Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've writ... DAVID BOWIE It's true, there's a lot of melancholy in my music. I don't know why, I'm not a mela... NORAH JONES When it comes time to where the new album gets closer, I start singing the song a cappella; I'll... BRETT ELDREDGE Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn'... ED O'BRIEN I've tried to start my kids on 'Doctor Who,' but they're just not there yet. Someone... KRISTIAN BUSH I may have the 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' soundtrack, which I've been told is embarrassin... FLORIANA LIMA And since discriminating fans can pick and choose exactly what they want to buy, artists and their l... EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR. But when you hear the complete album, it gets dark, really straight-up rock, with some really intima... VANESSA CARLTON When you make albums like I do, and it's based off fanfare and based off touring - I make these ... PUSHA T There's this Method Man album called 'Tical.' It's his first album. I would just lis... MAHERSHALA ALI I put out an album once every four or five years and it's kind of like starting over every time. LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM Charlotte is a very interesting place - I'm Canadian, but I've lived in Toronto, Vancouver, ... DIEGO KLATTENHOFF Not every song of Lynyrd Skynyrd's was a single, but songs like 'Tuesday's Gone' and... JOHNNY VAN ZANT For a Jewish guy, I've recorded a lot of Christmas albums. BARRY MANILOW I could take my grandma and put her in a cape, and they'll put her on a green screen, and they... JASON STATHAM I've always been a homemaker, like, I like creating spaces. Even if I stay in a hotel, I'll ... DREW BARRYMORE Sometimes you're gonna write a song and it's not gonna be right from the beginning. And you&... BENNY BLANCO One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J ... DAMIAN MARLEY I've never had anyone put on a puppet show to convince me of anything. And I've done a lot o... GARRY SHANDLING Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH I did an album called 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.' I sang the song on 'Hee Haw.... TERRY BRADSHAW As an artist, there's so many categories that you're put into, that there are so many things... CARMEN EJOGO I didn't feel the inclination to put myself out on a limb that much on my first solo album. I stayed... CHRISTINE MCVIE The idea that I am cynical because I'm writing the books that I write is a bit like someone sayi... BEN SCHOTT My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved. DOLLY PARTON Don't let anything sneak past you. Don't say, 'Well, oh, I'll take a picture and put... JUDITH VIORST
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TOM CRUISE The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell yo... TOM CRUISE The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you sur... TOM CRUISE I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture turns out, I&... TOM CRUISE I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot o... TOM CRUISE I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn'... TOM CRUISE Do I make mistakes? Yeah. TOM CRUISE I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a littl... TOM CRUISE I go without sleep, I just go hard. TOM CRUISE When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to... TOM CRUISE Football is unconditional love. TOM BRADY My favorite meal has always been fried chicken. 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