-
When I hear an interview that I've done, and I've said 'like' a bunch of times, it just cheapens the sentiment.
Andy Grammer -
I'm just trying to write things that resonate with people. And when we're all going through something together, I think you smile after that - I hope that people leave inspired after one of my shows.
Andy Grammer
-
I think that's what makes a great show: when the performers onstage aren't putting on a show, they're legitimately just having a freaking awesome time.
Andy Grammer -
It's like freedom of speech - they can't tell you not to do it. When no one will put you on at a club or venue, you can go to the street, just start singing, and get a lot of good feedback from people as they walk by. I got really good at lip reading and seeing if a song is working. It was a good way to start.
Andy Grammer -
It's really fun to have the spotlight and feel ready for it. Not in a conceited way. But just like, 'Man, I think I'm going to give you what you need.'
Andy Grammer -
I'm from New York, so I'm simultaneously a snob and will also eat any pizza you put in front of me.
Andy Grammer -
To be a good musician, you need to give people what they want, what they need.
Andy Grammer -
There are pretty girls all over the place. But there are still a lot of people standing strong, doing their thing in loving relationships, actually staying true. I wanted to write an honest love song from that point of view.
Andy Grammer
-
Life is hard, you know. If I can give someone on the radio three minutes to make them feel happier, that's a cool thing.
Andy Grammer -
In a typical day, I would wake up about 8 A.M., pile all my stuff into my mom's minivan - my guitar, my amp, CDs to sell, a table and a rug - drive it down to the street, and unload it all. I'd wait until about 12, then play for two hours. You could only play in two-hour intervals, so then I would move it all somewhere else.
Andy Grammer -
That I even get to play a sold-out show where people know the words and I'm singing about things I'm connected to is such a blessing. It's the equivalent of a nine-year-old saying, 'I want to be an astronaut when I grow up,' and then getting to go to the moon.
Andy Grammer -
You can't have Thanksgiving and not just be like, 'All right, where's the football.' It's been branded very, very well. You can't have one without the other at this point.
Andy Grammer -
When I was a street performer, before I had any songs of my own that anybody would stop and put in money for, I would always be doing covers. Even with covers, people wouldn't stop in the beginning.
Andy Grammer -
You get way better from playing to the passing public. You learn how to entertain. But it took me a good three years out on the promenade to figure that out. You also learn what makes them stop dead in their tracks and what doesn't.
Andy Grammer
-
If I write a sad song, at the end it's gotta be like, 'Dude, things are looking up!'
Andy Grammer -
As an artist, you have an opportunity to get in and move things around in people.
Andy Grammer -
Well, there are two kinds of happiness, grounded and ungrounded. Ungrounded happiness is cheesy and not based on reality. Grounded happiness is informed happiness based on the knowledge that the world sometimes sucks, but even then you have to believe in yourself.
Andy Grammer -
I love me some 'Family Guy.'
Andy Grammer -
Who are you writing this for? For a commercial reason, or because you want to make great art and give it to your fans?
Andy Grammer -
Seriously, until I was 16 or 17, I didn't care about anything other than ESPN.
Andy Grammer
-
My dad is a children's singer. His name is Red Grammer. He's literally one of the happiest people on the planet.
Andy Grammer -
I do radio gigs, three-minute spots, solo shows, so I still get plenty of practice at the sniper attack - me at a piano or with a guitar, having to win people over fast.
Andy Grammer -
You want to hit people's ears to make them want to dance in their kitchen. So that is what a hit is to me.
Andy Grammer -
I love magic. Like, 'pull a scarf out of your fake thumb' magic. I have a legit bag of 'Magic Stuff' in my garage.
Andy Grammer