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Especially when the expectations become so high of you, you always remember the last record that might have been really successful, and you're trying to outdo that or trying to make something that does not sound like the last record.

— Missy Elliott

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Though, since the first record, I've dramatically changed my expectations for our records.

— Daniel Johns

You expect certain things. You build up in your mind how it's supposed to go down. When you get a record deal, you think you're supposed to get X, Y, and Z. It doesn't happen like that. You're like 'Oh, this isn't as exciting as I thought it was going to be.'

— Lupe Fiasco

Sometimes when you make a record and it's not successful, you just don't want to go through that process for a while. You want to have your wounds heal.

— Gary Wright

I just want to write another record that's as good or better than the one I've already made. That's my main goal, to follow up stronger than before.

— Flume

Some amazing records have this power to leave you with inspiration; you're left with the urge to write something. And some records are totally overwhelming, because they are so good, they burn the bridges behind them.

— Thomas Mars

You don't base records on success; you base it on creativity.

— Nikki Sixx

I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem more mature - that gets in the way of writing great songs.

— Taylor Swift

✗Opposing Perspectives

A lot of times when you're making a record, you put your head down and charge forward until you're done. You just hope that the ideas hold up, because you're kind of lost in your own storm.

— Robbie Robertson

If you break an individual record, it's because of the greatness that comes before you.

— Abby Wambach

If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.

— Lou Brock