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 since she was a tween. Grey and her mother sang as a folk duo under the name Generations; they released three indie discs. “I learned a lot about professionalism, how the show must go on even though I feel like [expletive] sometimes,” Grey remembers. “I have a lot of experience in the studio, performing onstage, talking to an audience. I learned most of that stuff when I was performing with my mom.
Since I started making music, it had always been for myself. - Skylar Grey
Since I started making music, it had always been for myself.
- Skylar Grey
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… - Skylar Grey
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…
Once I've learned all those things and gotten through the hard times, I come out feeling really powerful. - Skylar Grey
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. - Skylar Grey
I discovered that my insecurities and my flaws were things that I actually need to embrace, and I let them become my superpowers.
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. - Skylar Grey
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.
I write a lot about the past because I really see things clearly in hindsight. - Skylar Grey
I write a lot about the past because I really see things clearly in hindsight.
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'… - Skylar Grey
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'…
But do you ever think of me, when you lie? Lie down in your bed, your bed of lies. - Skylar Grey
But do you ever think of me, when you lie? Lie down in your bed, your bed of lies.
Expectations are an evil thing. - Skylar Grey
Expectations are an evil thing.
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