Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Tiffany Darwish
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Tiffany Darwish.
Last updated on November 10, 2024.
I've got to overcome that tendency to hide what I write or throw it away.
Some young stars go a little too far too soon.
I think, with everything in my career, I don't really want to put boundaries on myself.
Careers will come and go. Talent is always there.
It was one of the things that used to be on my rider when I would do my shows. I would always ask for a Klondike bar.
Life is short. You've got to live your dreams.
It's nice to go out to a club and know you can still turn heads.
'Dust Off And Dance,' the album, was really all about me being in England.
No, I wasn't really suing my mother. I was just trying to get in control of my finances and my life. My stepfather has only wanted me around for my money, and he threatened to leave my mother if he didn't get the money anymore.
The reality of a long-term career is that there are ups and downs.
There were just a lot of things that happened between my mother and I, and I thought it would be easier if I lived with my grandmother.
I think, probably, being a young artist, there were a lot of things I thought I knew and I wanted to do, and I was like, 'Oh! That's what I want to do.' And then it took me in a different direction with 'I Think We're Alone Now,' and then all of a sudden, I was a pop star.
I am an old soul: I do know so much about music history.
I toured all over the world, I have die-hard fans, and I had my dreams come true.
I like show business - performing. I can't think of anything better.
My family didn't come from fame. No one was musical in my family except for me.
The first album, I'd had some input, but I was 14 years old then, and I really didn't know what I was talking about.
What I'm hoping is that people in my age group will grow up with me and keep listening.
I shop all over. I love to shop.
With 'A Million Miles,' I still was proving myself as a writer and as a vocalist. It gave me the platform to tour again.
I live on eight acres out in the country in Nashville, and it gets creepy and foggy. It's the best atmosphere to write songs.
It was Stevie Nicks who made the biggest impression and really resonated with me. I found her intriguing and liked her voice. Her songs were kind of mysterious, and she was a woman in a rock band.
I'm constantly trying to grow as a musician, so when I listen to different things, I'm like, 'That'd be cool to do something like that,' and I try to keep myself open-minded.
Before I even got signed as a teen, I was singing with people like Hoyt Axton and Mickey Gilley. I worked with Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.
I'm thankful for what I've got, but I'm cramming all my money into a trust fund because I don't ever want to look around and wonder where all my money went.
I'm a real girl. I get it. I gain weight, I lose weight. My styles change.
I wanted to be the country version of Stevie Nicks, but before you knew it, I was heading in a pop direction, touring the world, having No. 1 singles, and loving every minute of it.
Family is family, but sometimes they do hurt you. They don't mean to, but they can, and sometimes you have to fend for yourself.
When I got my record deal, my mum was still struggling a little bit, so the entertainment industry took advantage of that. My mum needed money, and so she signed a contract.
I have a stepfather who isn't around just because he wants to be with my mother and sisters. There's more to it. He's around for the money. He's proven that in a lot of ways. And my mom loves him. And that's not wrong. But when it interferes with my career and my business and becomes a threat to me, there's a problem.
My mum really depended on me. I'm the eldest of three girls, and she had emotional issues.
I'm a big Miley Cyrus fan. I think she's really awesome.
I'm not as naive as some people think.
I came to Nashville in the early '90s, and I thought, 'OK, enough is enough. I write songs; I just don't have the backbone to show it to anybody. I want to go to Nashville and learn how to properly write a song.'
I've always loved country music.
My image is jeans. An oversize sweat shirt. T-shirt. A pair of boots or sneakers. Very simple. And that's what I feel comfortable in.
Hopefully, I've established a career, but you can be a big sensation one day, and the next day everyone's going, 'Who? ... Who?'
Music should be fun. If it's not fun, then you're going to get burned out; you're not going to give the best show.
I don't need a security guy pushing my fans around.
People do think I was a one-hit wonder, that I'm maybe not the kind of singer that I can really be - that impression is there. I have to work really hard to break down those walls.
I think of God as, well, sort of a friend or something I need. Like the way I need my fans.
When you're a little girl, living your dreams, even tiny little stages in someone's backyard are amazing.
My image in general is real casual.
It was not appropriate for me to wear anything like a bustier or to be sexy. It was big hair and hoop earrings and jean jackets.
'I Think We're Alone Now' just makes people feel good. It became a teen anthem twice. How cool is that?
I actually did my first tour at the age of 10 with my dad, and it was as a country singer. We toured through Alaska, and he took me to sing at places like county fairs, hoedowns, backyard barbecues, you name it. We were usually passing around the hat for gas money to get to the next gig.
The writing process really became natural when it was real and from my heart, and I was exposed.
I'm real cautious about staying a regular teenager. I've had other friends who hit it big with a record or something, and they changed completely. I don't want that to happen to me.
My body - it's become, as I get older... not my friend.
I'm not happy being old-school Tiffany.
Being on the road is very inspiring.
To just be able to sing and show off the chops is kind of why I got into the music industry.
I've been married most of my life.
At 9 years old, I did a lot of benefit concerts for my community.
To just to get up on stage and sing every night at 9 or 10 years old was unbelievable to me. It wasn't that I was getting paid; it was that I was getting paid to do what I like to do.
If it's going to make you happy, go for it - life is short.
For the kid in me that had a rockier edge and wanted to be Stevie Nicks, it's been fulfilling that I've met Dave Navarro and Dave Grohl, these amazing artists that have given encouragement.
It was kind of like, my worst crime was that I was a pop star.
I think before, in the '80s, it was more about fashion and music videos and a lot of radio: getting out there and the fans learning who you were and your music.
I'd still rather be singing on stage than doing anything else.
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