I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.
I have the time needed to support the album and tour.
I'm not a slave to the recording industry. I have the freedom to make an album that I want to make and do it the way I want.
I could probably spend the next five years reworking an album from ten years ago, if given the chance, to make it better - make it best, so to speak.
The first rap album I bought was Eminem's The Slim Shady LP so I wasn't even based on West Coast rap like that.
I plan to do my next two albums with Lady Gaga . She is quite a talent.
When you look at the Lady Gagas of the world, or the Jay-Zs, or the Black Eyed Peas, these are people who have one album release and it's a worldwide one.
Japanese movie "Be With You" served as inspiration for "Love Box." I couldn't fill up the album with just my experiences.
I know a lot of people who are 12 and doing things they shouldnt be doing. Whether youre an actress or a singer, its always the sexier ones that are selling more tickets or selling more albums.
I like albums that knit together, where the songs relate to one another and intertwine.
I enjoy listening to the albums of my youth as much as ever.
If I could never put out an album in my life, I could just put out mixtapes. The music got to be out there somehow.
The thing with me is I'd rather have my cult following than just have a huge song. I haven't had one album or one official single release, but I probably got 500 songs out in people's collection.
You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project.
I started in a band called Timbiriche, we toured the world when I was 8; I have 23 albums.
If you're fortunate to get a first album that sells 10 million you have nowhere to go but down. I'm just going to be honest and your measuring stick is so high that haters are licking their chops because you can't do nothing but fail.
You know, I've made my money. If no one buys my album, cool. It's fine. I've got a house, and I've got dogs that I love. I don't need anything else.
I remember the first time I received a cassette tape of a band called The Clash. I became an instant fan of the Clash and then bought their albums after that and went to their concerts and gave them my money... but I first got it for free.
A lot of artists talk about getting out of their comfort zones and being the most proud of their newest album. But it is true for me. I rethought a lot of what I do.
At the moment we're playing more stuff from our upcoming album which is really a departure from any record we've done.
I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.
Of course, we wrote the songs accordingly and performed and recorded them that way. At that time, we really thought it was right, but you know, seen in retrospect, it made the album sound forced, and not really great.
I don't expect everyone to get something deep out of it. Some people can just listen to the music, or get their aggressions out, but I think with any great painting or movie, album or whatever it is, it's better if people can take what they need from it. That they're not forced to get some particular message.
I don't really think about what the subject of my next album will be. I just know that I'm going to make another album.
If I have a rap album I'm dropping, then I want it to be the best rap album.
