Andy Grammer Quotes
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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.
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I am happy to join AutoNation in the fight against cancer. This disease hits close to home for me with the loss of my mom in 2009. Raising awareness and finding a cure is really important to me.
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You know when you hear a lyric and you can tell that the person means it? That is really hard; that is so much harder than it seems: to find the topics that you're passionate about and have it come across as like, 'Yeah, that guy needed to sing that song.'
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When I hear an interview that I've done, and I've said 'like' a bunch of times, it just cheapens the sentiment.
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Stevie Wonder makes my heart happy and is my spirit animal. That is all.
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I love songs, and I love to tell stories, and so a lot of times, if you really want a good story, you got to flip the radio dial over to country.
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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.
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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.
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We always need little reminders that it's gonna be all good.
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The alarm on my wife's phone is 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered,' so that's a great way to wake up.
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For each person, they live their life and their truth and how it works for them, and that's just kind of how it works for me. I'm not good at doing whatever the other way is - it wouldn't work for me.
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It's a weird business. You're trying to write something that's built on magic, which is pretty stressful.
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I love going places that could sound cheesy but, when you hear them, just sound sincere.
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I love magic. Like, 'pull a scarf out of your fake thumb' magic. I have a legit bag of 'Magic Stuff' in my garage.
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I'm from New York, so I'm simultaneously a snob and will also eat any pizza you put in front of me.
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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.
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To be a good musician, you need to give people what they want, what they need.
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Who are you writing this for? For a commercial reason, or because you want to make great art and give it to your fans?
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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.
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I'm a humble guy, but I'm audacious.
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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.
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Seriously, until I was 16 or 17, I didn't care about anything other than ESPN.
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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.
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If I write a sad song, at the end it's gotta be like, 'Dude, things are looking up!'