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In finding love, I think it's important to be patient. In being in a relationship, I think it's important to be honest, to communicate, to respect and trust, and to strive to give more than you take. (Kina Grannis)
In college, I faced an interesting problem. I wanted to play music all the time and yet I wasn't ready for anyone to hear it. To remedy this, I took to retreating to stairwells as a safe place to sing and write music. It was there that I wrote most of my songs in college and really grew into an artist. View quote
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I'm really into good nutrition and keeping healthy! That said, I'm also addicted to candy - It's my biggest weakness. View quote
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Ever since I was really really little, I was just singing all the time. Like one of my favorite games when I was little would be to just have one of my sisters pick a title, and I would impromptu create that song. View quote
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I've loved singing since forever. Whether it was with my sisters while cleaning the kitchen, putting shows on for my stuffed animals, writing songs about my stuffed animals, starting an a capella group with my cousins while on vacation, or awkwardly singing along to karaoke tracks alone in my bedroom - singing always found a way into my life. View quote
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I'm kind of feeling like I don't mind being open with the random details of my life, like I'm at a coffee shop or my toe hurts or something, but obviously other more personal areas of life where I will just never really go there. View quote
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I went into college undeclared. I had no idea what I wanted to do, but I knew that music was obviously this central big important thing in my life that I was gonna keep doing. View quote
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I started teaching myself guitar because I loved singing so much. Then one day kind of out of the blue I found I was writing a song. It just happened organically. View quote
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Not only am I putting music out there, I'm giving part of myself away. View quote
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My two sisters and I sang all the time. Whenever we cleaned the kitchen, we sang in three-part harmony. View quote
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I get to travel around the world and meet all of these amazing people, and they're singing my songs! And to me, that's crazy. (Kina Grannis)
I don't have any rock star demeanor to me. I just can't pull that off. View quote
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The potential success that could come with signing with a major label didn't quite outweigh how important it was for me to make my music the way I knew it needed to be made. View quote
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If I try to write a song, I will completely fail to write a song. But if I'm just holding my guitar and I just start humming, then I'll have a song in an hour. View quote
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Making a video is one of the most exciting things for artists and fans. It's like a payoff. View quote
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The first video I ever made, announcing 'Crash the Super Bowl,' I did about fifty takes and I wanted to die. It was awful. View quote
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I want to encourage people to make healthy life choices, whether it's training for a half-marathon, or eating more vegetables. View quote
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If you're looking to make a basic living selling and playing your music, the Internet is all you really need. View quote
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I think a lot of singer-songwriters get compared to each other, but I'd like to think that what I'm doing is special and specific to me. View quote
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My dream artists to collaborate with are probably Cee Lo Green and Imogen Heap. They're completely out of my genre but they're both musical geniuses. View quote
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Kina Grannis

Kina Grannis - Image
Photo: Joseph Bayot, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: August 4, 1985
Quotes count: 20