Andy Grammer Quotes
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Stevie Wonder makes my heart happy and is my spirit animal. That is all.
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Street performing can be a great teaching ground and a barometer for what you're doing. It's rough and unforgiving at times, but it can be wild and fun and a real open canvas for your creativity.
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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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Seeing what kinds of songs work in other cities and other parts of the world was pretty eye-opening. I know it changed how I approached the second record big-time.
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I feel like if you told me I would be having a son, I would be like, 'Yeah, I'm gonna be a parent - I get that.' But when the doctor was like, 'You're gonna have a girl,' I was like, 'What? Who am I?' It's the craziest piece of information that changes who you are. It's sweet.
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We always need little reminders that it's gonna be all good.
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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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'Fresh Eyes' was my own little discovery of having been in a relationship for a while and realizing that my favorite part of it is being surprised.
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The first song that I had that went platinum was 'Keep Your Head Up,' which was a long time ago. Then, you get 'one-hit wonder' with that.
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I don't really think in terms of goals.
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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 am so blessed and lucky.
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Life is hard, but there are moments, sometimes hours - and, if you're really lucky, full days - where everything feels just right.
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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.
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My third album, that will definitely be about this little girl and the process of watching your wife get pregnant. It's crazy.
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If I write a sad song, at the end it's gotta be like, 'Dude, things are looking up!'
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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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I think I was 15 the first time I wrote a good song.
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As a musician, you just want to be able to do what you love.
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You have to do what you want to do, and I genuinely believe that if you start interacting in the world that way that there is a respect in that.
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I love me some 'Family Guy.'
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I don't really connect with super-sad, somber songs.
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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.
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Once you see the impact that you have on people, either at a meet and greet or after a show, you think, 'Oh man, they need to feel better today.'