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All Quotes by author - Gin Wigmore
" Being a black sheep is a way I would describe myself. "
Black Sheep
Black
Way
" Honestly, Americans are more open-minded and have the patience and the time for new types of music. In Australia and New Zealand, you must earn your place. "
Time
Place
Patience
" I don't think I'm a diva. "
Think
Diva
" I don't think I'm a good-enough songwriter. "
Think
Songwriter
" I'd say the key thing is to remain true to what originally got you into music. When I wrote 'Hallelujah,' it ignited me to do music because of the love and joy that I got from writing that song. Down the road, you get all of these opinions from people; just remember what got you started in the first place. "
Writing
Road
Music
" I got down to business and started writing furiously. I wore my fingers down to a callous state writing with every Tom, Dick and Harry around the world, including a chap named Charlie who plays for a man named Bob, to wrestle my emotions and bring out the raw grit hiding in my tightly guarded sub-conscious. "
Business
Man
World
" I listened to John Denver and Simon & Garfunkel. Edith Piaf was a huge favourite. Then I discovered musicals - I loved 'Les Miserables' - and, at about 14, I started listening to David Gray. "
Listening
Gray
Started
" I love playing shows. That's the time I have to really share what I am about. "
Time
Love
Playing
" I love the energy in the U.S., you know. Everyone is really psyched. You feel really privileged to be there. "
Energy
Everyone
Feel
" I'm a big believer that when we put so much into our jobs - and everyone does - you deserve to be get paid for it instead of doing a gig and then having to work in a bar for eight hours. "
Work
Everyone
Deserve
" I'm getting all domesticated. I feel like Susie the homemaker. "
I Feel
I Feel Like
Feel
" I'm just going to tour; that's the best way for people to get to know me. Focusing on the international stuff and breaking in to the States and U.K. "
Way
Me
People
" I'm not aiming to be someone like Christina Aguilera. "
Someone
Aguilera
Aiming
" I'm very open with people, very warm, when I meet them. My fans in particular find that strange and refreshing. "
People
Meet
Find
" I remember when I wrote songs when I was about 16, they all sounded the same because I didn't know anything. And all the subject matter was all the same because I hadn't actually done much. "
Done
Know
Matter
" I think I was probably a cowboy in a past life. "
Cowboy
I Think
Life
" I try not to think too much about where my voice comes from. I'm channeling characters and emotion to come up with beautiful words that tell a story. "
Think
Beautiful
Words
" It's easy listening to a record, but a live performance is so personal and real. "
Listening
Real
Easy
" I've got a very short attention span, and this has been part of the reason I'm so kind of dumbfounded at the fact that I've still stayed with music. Nothing has ever stuck for me, and music's the only thing that's managed to stick out for a long period of time. "
Attention
Time
Short
" I've got some real diehards down in New Zealand; I look after them and make sure they always get tickets. "
Look
Real
Always
" I've lived a lot since I was 16, so I've got more things to write about. I've started playing around the world and met some great people along the way who've taught me lots of things. "
Way
More
People
" I want a long career in music, so you've gotta keep trying things out; it's gotta get progressively better. "
You
Trying
Music
" I want to let everyone hear my music and enjoy it, but just as long as it's fun. I'll go as far as until it gets too much like a day job. "
Job
Day
Long
" I was in a band in Auckland, and I remember they all hated me. They had a big intervention. They said, basically, 'Gin, we think you suck.' I was miserable. I cried and cried. But looking back, that taught me about social skills and how to communicate with musicians. "
Think
Looking Back
Looking
" My dad dying was actually a reason for me to stop music properly for about a year, because he was a big supporter. All I wanted to do was write a song about him and, you know, when something's too fresh, you can't quite word it. "
Dying
Know
Song
" No one can attack you when you're songwriting; it's you and a song, which is a great place to be. "
Song
Which
Place
" People might think I'm a bit more intimidating than I am. "
I Am
More
Think
" That's the great thing about songwriting: You have that time to have perspective and look back and think about all the things you'd want to say. "
Perspective
Time
Think
" That would be awesome, to be totally making records whenever I want and to play a show and have a few hundred thousand people there at any city you go to because people know you and your music. "
You
Play
People
" The beauty of being a musician is writing songs. That's the best part. It's therapeutic and honest and private. "
Writing
Honest
Songs
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