George Chakiris Quotes

What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to record with them. That label was Def Jam Records.

Eventually, when I sell enough units, as they say in the record business, I will stop touring. I'll concentrate on what I like to do... stay in the studio.

I did my first album with my own record label.

It's actually one of my dreams to have my own album. My music genre is dark pop.

When I was 19 I had a record deal.

I've always wanted to produce a whole album for an artist.

I got to record at Capital Records, which was especially awesome. You see all those big singers like Ariana Grande, Beyonce: they're all recording at Capital. It was really cool to be there every single day and just hang out.

I've been with Def Jam Records for five years and they gave me my first recording contract so for that I'm forever grateful.

I always wanted to have my own album recorded and released before I graduated high school.

But when I record my next studio album, of course I'll do the lead vocals.

I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record label.

I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.

I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.

I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.

We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we recorded at a radio station on the stairway, and we did a record and it got put out.

Growing up as a singer, and a cast member, and now as an adult, a songwriter, I get the luxury of choosing the kinds of songs that I want to sing, because I'll write, you know, hundreds of songs. Even though only 12 appear on the album. That's 12 that I've chosen to sing of my catalog.

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

So that's what's going on right now, and I'm looking to put out an album within the next six months.

I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who plays an arch top Gibson through a Marshall, but the tone is all in his fingers.

I haven't really been recording in the last several years. I haven't wanted to. And even though I had to deal with Sony and now I'm on Universal again, I will probably put out a new record soon.

I've been playing since I was a teenager, and I put out a few albums when I was younger. When 'Crazy Heart' took off, it gave me another reason to get into music in a more serious fashion.

I've had chances to record albums, which I haven't done.

I always thought that I would have a recording career.

I love singing and would love to record an album at some point.

With my second album, eOne Music really wanted me to rock it up a little bit.