LP Quotes

LP

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 18, 1981

I definitely felt the love from L.A. from the get go. People appreciate good music out here.

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I was done with my second major label deal, and I was doing a lot of urban sessions, and I had an acoustic itch. And you know, I picked up a ukulele. I always wanted one. And it just resonated with me. I would wake up with this uke in my hand. For me the ukulele just opened this door in my heart.

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'Girls Go Wild' was born out of a Joshua Tree excursion with some close friends after coming home from a long bit of touring.

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I'm always working my own thing. A few times a week - I try to not go too crazy - I'm working with some other artist. But I'm constantly working my own stuff, and my own stuff seems to come in little bursts.

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It's interesting when you write something for somebody else, and then you're like, 'Oh man, I just laid my whole trip on them, and they don't even know!'

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Pop is like a puzzle: to write a perfect pop song, you never know, and there's so much that can happen in a second with a song.

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I look on the outside how I feel on the inside.

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I like diversity. I'd like there to be all levels of gay and straight, all different variations of gender, all colors, all creeds. I'm into seeing that.

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I think one of the people that's done the most for the gay movement is Ellen DeGeneres.

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When I'm singing my songs on stage, I feel like I'm doing a rock show, even though I don't think all my music is particularly straight up rock.

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I think I have a different view of what pop is and what can be acceptable in that realm. I feel good about that. I want fans to see that not everything's so black and white with genres.

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I have a retro feel to my work, to my person, but I also have a futuristic view of what's possible. We can have people in pop that have more diverse looks and attitudes.

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I know all too well what it takes to have a hit: A little bit of luck, a little bit of work, a little bit of talent.

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It's 'LP' personally and professionally. Even my girlfriend calls me 'LP.'

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I do rock the sunglasses. To a rude point, at times. But I don't care, it's my first defence. I'm shy, so I've gotta have something. I need some protection, man.

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Trying to launch a career as an artist is like trying to run through a crowd holding hands with five people. It's so difficult.

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I feel like emotional content is the most important of any song, for any artist.

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I found New York too... 'vertical,' closed off, I didn't feel the muse like I did in L.A. Maybe it's the weather?

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I feel like Canada is really good at nurturing their artists, and America's not so good at that. The artistic community is so important to a country.

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The first time I wrote a song, I couldn't really believe - 'Can you just do that? You're just allowed?' I never thought about songs on the radio and who wrote them.

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