Grace VanderWaal Quotes

Grace VanderWaal

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 15, 2004

I remember I asked my mom for a ukulele, and she said no because she thought I would never play it. So then I got my birthday money up, and I bought my own. It was the most rebellious thing I've ever done.

Grace VanderWaal

A family friend was staying with us once and had brought over a ukulele. I just loved the way she played it. I saved up the money from my 11th birthday and went out and bought one for myself.

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My fans should always be ready for new music.

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The world is so big, and there's so many people, and there's only one you, and that's so special and unique to think about.

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I think there's a misconception about the industry, that you have to change who you are to look 'cool' in order to succeed, and that's just not true.

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I want my music to evolve to become more me.

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I had a lot of those fake friends. You just have to realize it's happening. You can't get caught up in the 'Oh, my God, they want to be my friend, finally' aspect.

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I always want to stay true to who I am, and if people don't like that, then that's okay. I think fans appreciate when you're genuine and honest, and that's how I try to be through all of this.

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I do school online. My favorite thing to do with school is to finish things and then watch it go away, especially when I am working on a laptop.

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Probably my sister was the only one to tell me that I was good singer until 'America's Got Talent.'

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I play the saxophone, and I used to play the piano.

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I started writing once I got the ukulele.

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I love colors, but I also love rich sounds. And I feel like when it comes to colored ukuleles, people assume they're cheap or that they'll have a tinny sound. And I feel like it would be really beautiful to have a rich color but also to have a rich sound.

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I've accomplished so much, have done so many projects, and have worked with such amazing people.

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I'll forever look at Imagine Dragons and hear them on the radio and think, 'They're great people.'

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Child stardom is a really hard thing. It can really lead to bad things, and I think a lot of people have gone through that.

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I love it when people refer to me as a singer-songwriter. I get flutters in my stomach because they say, 'This is Grace VanderWaal, singer-songwriter,' not, 'This is Grace VanderWaal, winner of 'America's Got Talent.'' I'm so proud of that; it's such a big chapter of my life. But it's nice to kind of not be known as just that.

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That's the amazing part of humans - it's so weird how one person can inspire.

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Schools should be safe.

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When Ariana Grande was starting out, everyone was like, 'You're just like Mariah Carey!' She inspires me so much because she just kept going and made her own name, and no one even says that anymore.

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