Explore Quotes by Josh Groban

I was a shy kid. I was awkward. I was picked on.

I'm ruthlessly picky when it comes to the crafting of an album, the choosing of musicians, the right mikes, the right studios. There was a time when it was, 'whatever you want.' Then, as you learn a little bit more about your tastes, I don't give in to that kind of thing.

Everybody wants to experiment, wants to explore. You should hear me at karaoke. I can sing anything you throw at me. I can do a good Dave Grohl.

Comedy and music are so similar because it's all about timing.

The best way for me to teach myself an instrument is to just jam on it, and sound awful sometimes, and sound great other times.

I think that things like Twitter and the blogosphere are so instantaneously critical that I think it's actually created a bit of a culture of artistic fear to branch out too much because you don't want to be slammed.

All of the things an arts education gives a young person enhance leadership skills and help raise grades.

When it comes to the acting stuff, I like to show up for a couple days and kind of be outrageous and silly, and go back to my day job.

I did improv in junior high school. Figuring out my comedic timing helped my confidence in talking to the bullies and talking to people in class. If I could make them laugh, then I was in; I was OK.

Music is what I always turn to when I'm feeling a certain way. It's my reason for everything.

No matter what your age and no matter where you come from, everyone can change the world in some way, whether it's being a mentor to someone younger than you or someone that doesn't have as much experience as you. If you're passionate enough, you can do whatever you want and definitely change the world.

When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help!

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

Let me fall. Let me climb. There's a moment where fear and dream must collide.

I did not practice hours a day for eighteen years to have my success attributed to a myth.

I still like to keep all the love songs for the Grobanites, I like to make sure that they know those are just for them.

I'd give away my soul_x000D__x000D_To hold you once again

Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself.

After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible.

Singing brings out in me what I can't normally bring out in everyday life. It's an incredible feeling to be able to bare your soul to people you've never met in a way that can make them understand so clearly what you mean. That's what I love most about singing ... it becomes my truest form of communication.