Andy Grammer Quotes

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Andy Grammer

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 3, 1983

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.

Andy Grammer

The first album was more born from busking - they were the 'me-and-my-guitar' songs. Going out on the road and opening for big acts changes you. You look out at those audiences and start to think, 'OK, I need to write some music that's a little bit bigger.'

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

When I get back with band, the lights, and the whole production, that's me with the full artillery. A quick radio performance keeps me sharp for the big show.

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

'The Good Parts' is me telling as much as I can of the deeper sides of myself that I haven't shared before. It's like an onion that gets deeper every time you cut it.

Andy Grammer

Touring is really hard because you're gone for three months at a time.

Andy Grammer

I saw my dad doing it and thought to myself, 'I can do that.' I would be backstage watching him and running around the country with him singing to children. He would sing songs that taught children really good morals: like, 'Teaching Peace' was a song he used to sing to kids a lot.

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

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

I think I was 15 the first time I wrote a good song.

Andy Grammer

You either create something there on the street, or nothing happens. It's brutal. But if you go through that for two or three years, it really toughens you up.

Andy Grammer

I think it would be really brutal to put on a persona and get famous for that persona. Like, 'I'm number one, I'm the best!' because that sounds like a lot of pressure.

Andy Grammer

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.

Andy Grammer

Seriously, until I was 16 or 17, I didn't care about anything other than ESPN.

Andy Grammer

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.

Andy Grammer

I think if you pick someone that you love, you will continuously fall in love with them.

Andy Grammer

As an artist, you have an opportunity to get in and move things around in people.

Andy Grammer

I've never cheated on my wife, ever. But to say that it doesn't exist or it doesn't happen and saying you never deal with it would be lying.

Andy Grammer

I know that sounds almost horribly cheesy, but that is what has to happen if you're gonna make a relationship work for a long time: You have to keep learning new things that are interesting about this person or having them catch you off guard and have these little moments of intense appreciation.

Andy Grammer