Orianthi Quotes

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Orianthi

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 22, 1985

One of the first country artists I got to work with was Carrie Underwood at the Grammy Awards.

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The great thing about country songs is the storytelling.

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In 2007, when I first moved to Los Angeles, I got a call from Prince, and he had been watching my YouTube videos. It was crazy, because I thought it was my friend calling and pretending to be Prince.

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I will literally have a whole pot of coffee to myself.

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I'm really into Deepak Chopra and self-help books.

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I was playing piano at three and started writing songs when I was six or seven, and I've been addicted since then.

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Working with Michael Jackson was awesome. He was an incredible entertainer, dancer, singer, magician, everything, and he was really sweet, too.

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Music's my life, and it always has been.

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To be able to work with my idols is incredible. You learn so much, and they're wonderful as people, too.

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We kind of grew up in an environment that enabled us to be ourselves.

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It's a huge honour to be able to get on stage and jam with an icon.

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Everyone has troubles in their life.

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Being a female guitar player back in school wasn't great, and I had to change schools so many times. The male drummers and bass players thought it was cool, but male guitar players said, 'It's a guy's thing. You should be doing something else, like playing the harp.'

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I was called a freak because I was so engrossed in music.

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It's a crazy industry. I'm not into the partying, I'm a pretty healthy person.

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Santana is the reason I play guitar - I studied his style so much, I actually wore out the video tapes.

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There's a lot of players I look up to, and I hope that I can be a role model to young female guitar players. Hopefully they can believe in themselves more.

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I've always looked for ways to inspire people, especially young people, to play guitar. When I first saw Fretlight, I immediately connected with the vision. Today's kids expect technology to help them on their journey, and that's exactly what Fretlight does.

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