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" It was Skrillex who got me into dubstep. He made it melodic - not just a bunch of crazy sounds. "
Lindsey Stirling
Made
Who
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" For several years I had no idea that I had become anorexic. And I'd be at places with people I cared about, but what I was thinking about was how much extra grease was on the pizza or the calories that I knew was in that shake. "
Lindsey Stirling
People
Pizza
Become
" Going to college is an amazing opportunity to not only learn and be book-smart but also to kind of stretch your wings and expand yourself as a human and as an artist, whatever it is you're going for. "
Lindsey Stirling
Yourself
Opportunity
College
" I submitted videos and applications to talent agencies and TV shows; I drove to Vegas and visited agents. I was on 'America's Got Talent'; I played for free at venues in attempts to be 'found' and yet all the experts in the entertainment industry told me that what I did was not marketable and that I had to join a group or do more traditional music. "
Lindsey Stirling
Talent
Group
America
" There are very few things that I love more than being on stage and performing, but more than anything, I want to be a positive role model for teenage girls. "
Lindsey Stirling
Role Model
Positive
Love
" Once I know a song really well, I can then have fun dancing. "
Lindsey Stirling
Know
Have Fun
Fun
" I've always had a fascination with pirates. You know, I've written a song completely inspired by I want this to feel like pirates, you know, fighting together, made a music video about it, yada, yada. "
Lindsey Stirling
Fighting
Know
Music
" I just loved EDM because I felt like it inspired dance and movement. "
Lindsey Stirling
Dance
Movement
Loved
" It is very unnatural to dance while playing the violin. I had to practice so hard to learn how to do it, but now it is part of my expression, and it comes naturally. I have to know a song perfectly before I can even begin to move. "
Lindsey Stirling
Practice
Song
Learn
" The great thing about YouTube is there are no gatekeepers. No one is waiting to tell you if you're good enough. It's just your audience. "
Lindsey Stirling
Great
Enough
Good
" I still follow the lifestyle of the Mormon church. I try to go to church every Sunday even when I'm on tour. It's not only my upbringing, but it helps me stay sane. It helps me remember my purpose and the overall picture of what is important to me and what makes me happy. "
Lindsey Stirling
Happy
Me
Try
" My audience is a huge part of my success, so I see us as a team. They send me tons of song requests every day. Some of the songs I've never heard before, but I listen to them and then pick the ones that I love. "
Lindsey Stirling
Day
Team
Love
" I never would've tried YouTube if I hadn't had so many doors slammed in my face. "
Lindsey Stirling
Doors
Face
Tried
" I draw inspiration from my life, and, honestly, a lot of my religious beliefs have stemmed into my music. "
Lindsey Stirling
Life
Inspiration
My Life
" The truth is that several years ago, I suffered from depression. And I remember during this time, I basically fell into this hole where my life became cold, and it became gray, and I lost sight of everything that was important to me. "
Lindsey Stirling
Truth Is
Truth
Time
" I was told at first that being different was a bad thing. Everywhere I went, it was just, 'You're too different'... And it turned out that being different was the best thing that ever happened to my career. It is why people travel to my shows. It's why people want to hear my story and buy my book. "
Lindsey Stirling
Book
Travel
Story
" When I first came to college, it was a time that I was trying to figure out, 'Who am I? What makes me special?' and I started to find most of my value in the fact that I was thin. "
Lindsey Stirling
Me
Value
Trying
" I love to perform not only music, but to make performances extremely visual, and create almost a magical fantasy. It's really an uplifting style of art that combines visuals and music in very dreamlike ways. "
Lindsey Stirling
Art
Fantasy
Love
" Coming from a YouTube perspective, a lot of times you kind of limit yourself and think, 'Oh, artists from the real world wouldn't want to work with someone who's made their career on YouTube.' But more and more, I'm realizing that artists from both sides are learning that we can benefit from each other. "
Lindsey Stirling
Yourself
Perspective
Work
" I think it's most important to, rather than just do what everybody else is doing, like tons of selfies, find out what makes you excited. You know, is it taking pictures and doing cool makeup and making yourself look great? If so, wonderful. Is it music? Is it teaching something? Are you great at teaching? "
Lindsey Stirling
Yourself
Great
Cool
" There is one person that I have learned always sees the beauty in us, and that's our Savior Jesus Christ. "
Lindsey Stirling
Person
Us
Jesus Christ
" I tried so many different musics. I kind of burned out on classical and wanted to make it fun again. I started playing with indie bands and country bands and finally realized electronic music brought my style to life. "
Lindsey Stirling
Music
Style
Country
" It's really hard to smile when you play. As a performer, if I ever find myself focusing, it's like, 'Oh no - orchestra face!' It's not attractive at all, so I have to focus on smiling. "
Lindsey Stirling
Smiling
You
Myself
" I love singers like Hayley Williams from Paramore and Amy Lee from Evanescence. "
Lindsey Stirling
Singers
Williams
Love
" I tried to work with a record label; I tried to work with a booking agency, variety shows. I went to Vegas. I just tried everything I could think of, and nothing took. No one thought there was a place for my style and my music; it was just too different. "
Lindsey Stirling
Style
Thought
Work
" I was very unfamiliar with YouTube; I thought it was the place for dog and cat videos. "
Lindsey Stirling
YouTube
Very
Thought
" Every time before I go into the studio, I say a prayer, and I really ask God for inspiration. "
Lindsey Stirling
God
Prayer
Say
" I have been so incredibly blessed, and I just feel like my calling is to be a missionary and share the gospel... The Lord's given me a platform to stand on and an audience that is listening. I feel like it's so important to share what makes me happy. "
Lindsey Stirling
Stand
Listening
Blessed
" As a dancing violinist, there have been a couple of moments where I'm like, 'Oops! This is an expensive mistake!' "
Lindsey Stirling
Moments
Like
Dancing
" I got all these books about, like, what you need to know to enter the entertainment industry. And I remember I sent my music to record labels, and I took these little DVDs and sent them all over the place. And either no one got back to me or they just kept saying, 'You're too different.' "
Lindsey Stirling
Music
Saying
Me
" A lot of people have told me along the way that my style and the music I do... is unmarketable. But the only reason I'm successful is because I have stayed true to myself. "
Lindsey Stirling
Style
True
People