Top 111 Quotes & Sayings by Cody Simpson - Page 2

I used to hang out at Pacific Fair all the time.

I'm a big perfectionist, and I like to make sure everything 120 percent, from the production to the vocal performance to the lyrics, the melody and everything.

Intelligence is the sexiest thing in the world.

I conceived of a concept, a project, a band. The Tide. The Tide, acting as a sonic exemplar of flow and fluidity. The way of things. The way of nature. Guitars, rock and surf music, psychedelia, transcendence from everyday bourgeois consciousness.

I have been a lover of the sea ever since I can remember.

I'm always online, 24/7 Facebooking and tweeting, because that's where my fans are.

As a songwriter who uses lyrics to connect with others, it made perfect sense for me to partner with Hallmark, the leading greeting card brand that also uses words to help people make meaningful connections.

I guess over the course of time, I started to open up to a lot of the issues surrounding the oceans. From my personal experience, being out in the water and seeing plastics floating around and thinking they are jellyfish and realizing they're plastic bags. I'm always that guy that will take it into the shore.

I try to stay very, very true to my roots and my lifestyle and I wanted to be able to share that with my fans.

I think I learned how to swim before I could walk.

I first picked up a guitar at seven after watching Dad play at backyard barbecues.

The Wish Factory did a tremendous job and I am amazed at how closely the doll resembles me. The clothes are modeled off actual stuff I wear, which is pretty cool.

I think everyone should get out and go for a surf.

Sometimes I wish there could be a little more mystery and I'd been an artist in the 1960s when you could release your music and play the shows and no one would know anything about you other than that.

Everyone was like, 'Yeah this kid won't be able to sing when his voice changes, he'll have no career.' But it's gotten much better.

A mall was something that I just used to hang out in as a kid. And then you go there, and there's 4,000 people waiting for you to perform. It's a big difference.

It's nice to have the creative freedom to write about whatever and no longer feeling those restrictions I had when I was 15.

You can say, 'Put your hands up.' And 30,000 people put their hands up. It's one of the craziest things.

Being a public figure a lot of people will really love what you do, but you know there is also a ton of people who will hate on it.

I worked hard on giving my fans and giving the world a big piece of myself through the music.

Actually, I did get to help very much in the design of the Cody doll. I made sure the clothes were cool and everything.

All my close friends are normal dudes and then I will hang out with some girl who is a musician and everyone thinks that's what it's all about.

To have all my hard work pay off is amazing.

I've really improved, I think, as far as just being able to get up onstage with my guitar and sing.

I wrote my first song when I was about eight. It was about putting a diaper on a chicken!

John Mayer is the epitome of the lead guitar player so I sent him an email with a bunch of my music and he sent back really detailed advice.

I feel like I've visited everywhere in The States and done the whole touristy thing.

People feel so much more comfortable bullying behind a screen than in person. It gives them a mystique and makes them say things that they would never be strong enough to say in person.

Stuff that's really not that bad is made a big deal. People like to do that about everyone. You just gotta deal with it.

It's always good to have someone you want to be like.

For me, it's more about the musicianship - focusing on the guitar, playing with my band, rather than just going out and doing what anyone my age can do with backup dancers and a track.

I found myself in a meeting on my 13th birthday, which I really had no idea the enormity of, but I was in a meeting with the CEO of Atlantic Records, who sort of signed me right then and there as I was playing guitar for him.

I want to do everything I can in my own life to protect and preserve the ocean.

I'm always good mates with everyone and stay on the good side of people. I never let any bad blood between anyone.

I want to make music and that's it.

I wasn't exactly sure where I wanted to take my music and how I wanted to be portrayed, and it was sort of, not done for me, but more directed.

I grew up on the beach and I grew up surfing and I grew up swimming in this very genuine beach town back in Australia, and it's just something I really want to reflect in my lifestyle and in the way I am, the way I represent myself, the way I dress and the music that I make.

It's insane to have a first album, the first morning of it coming out, it's insane.

I want my music to be able to tell a story about what I've experienced and what I think my fans will be able to understand also.

I think it's important to be able to write stuff that's personal to you and stuff that you'll really be able to understand what you're singing about and be able to truly sing it. Because if you're singing a song that someone's written for you and you really can't relate to it, it's hard to sing that song.

Everyones got dreams, find the courage to follow your own.

Believe in yourself no matter what anyone says

My first trip to Canada has been great!

If you're thinking bout me, text 143 that means I Love You

The meat. I'd barbecue it before I put it on

Take every opportunity that comes your way and most importantly have fun with it.

Life is so short - if you feel something for someone, tell them.

I don't wish that I didn't have the screaming girls.

Yes, I totally would date a fan! I get this question a lot, but I'm always saying yes.

I heard a rumor that I had...left the earth

I wrote my first song when I was seven and that was kind of country. Now I'm just like 'No! Why did I play country?'