Occupation: Singer-Songwriter Birth: February 23, 1986
I'm a shy person, so I get really nervous going into interviews..
The best songs for me come from the search for joy. You're in a negative place maybe, but you're still striving to improve yourself and find happines….
Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all intertwined. I went through a few very difficult years where I felt like a….
Putting out a debut album is a bit scary - I want it to be just right, so I took some extra time to finish it. Eminem's increased involvement has bee….
I lived in a cabin in the woods in Oregon, and I'd basically given up on the music industry for an indefinite amount of time. And while I was out the….
Don't Look Down” is her official debut as Skylar Grey, the singer, born Holly Brook Hafermann and raised in Mazomanie, Wis., has been making albums s….
Writing songs for other people was never the goal for me..
One of my biggest problems is I get bored too easily, and I like to experiment too much, to the point where I confuse myself and I confuse my fans..
I love New York. I first came here with my Mom when I was in 9th grade. I took the subway for the first time and the doors closed between me and my M….
I didnt have any knowledge of the music industry when I first got to L.A., and I really didnt know on a creative level what I wanted to sound like, s….
I think, honestly, that a lot of people think I'm sad and dark all the time, because of the music I have made. But there's a huge part of my personal….
I come from a place of darkness when I write because I'm always trying to figure things out. It's kind of like my own therapy when I write music. It'….
My mom always puts a grapefruit in my stocking. I like grapefruit, but why put it in a stocking like it's a gift? It's almost as bad as coal..
Since I started making music, it had always been for myself..
Expectations are an evil thing..
I would say that nobody is going to work harder for your career than yourself - the one with the vision. No matter how many people you hire, nobody i….
I write a lot about the past because I really see things clearly in hindsight..
Once I've learned all those things and gotten through the hard times, I come out feeling really powerful..
I discovered that my insecurities and my flaws were things that I actually need to embrace, and I let them become my superpowers..
But do you ever think of me, when you lie? Lie down in your bed, your bed of lies..
It's very easy to fall back unto my old ways when I'm working a lot. It's important for me to continue to find solitude and peace in nature and escap….