Vanessa Carlton

I don't put boundaries on myself when I sit at the piano. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

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I don't use sex to sell records, obviously, but I'd be lying if I said that I don't feel like I have to make an effort to look good when I go out onstage, to wear something pretty. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

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And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

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I learned a lot from that first record and I learned a lot from my experiences touring, but really the biggest education I got over the past two years was learning the importance of arrangements. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

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I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano appears on stage and then magically disappears when I leave. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

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I work hard and I will always work hard. But I feel very lucky with the way that it has all come together. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#come #feel #hard #i #i feel

If Mozart were around now he would write a killer rock song. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

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My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

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The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

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