Daya Quotes

I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.

I was for sure not prepared for fame when it happened.

I think it's really strange for somebody that's probably never been in the public eye. All of a sudden I was 'big time' - boom, it all just happened.

I awoke one day to find myself famous.

In the U.K., I came from a talent show. I was watched by millions of people, so instantly when I came out from the show, people knew who I was.

Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.

The acting thing is the side benefit of becoming a little bit well known with my music.

We became somewhat household names really quickly, within a matter of - what? - three, four months. So it's hard to get used to, and it's really sometimes hard to understand.

It's such a cycle. You'll see a rapper drop a song, and next thing you know, he's gone.

Yes, there was a sort of underground cult following, which came from nowhere, and grew, and grew. It was quite surprising to us all, because all of us had spent probably the previous five to ten years without it. So it was quite overwhelming. Overwhelming and humbling.

I never dreamed that I would hear 10,000 people screaming when I stepped out onto a stage. Well, that's not entirely true. I dreamed about it but in a performing-on-the-stage-at-Staples-Center-or-Madison-Square-Garden context. But never in a I'm-in-a-movie-that-hasn't-even-come-out-yet one.

I know that Kelly Clarkson is going to continue to have an important career. And I believe it will be a lasting one.

Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big.

I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.

I knew people liked me on 'American Idol,' but I didn't think they'd care to come see me sing at my own show.

I went from being totally unknown and never acting professionally to being in a major movie and being very famous. It all happened so quickly, I didn't have any time to work things out. It's been pretty scary at times.

I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.

I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

The weekend after 'Kimmy' started streaming on Netflix, I did notice a definite difference in people on the street recognizing you. I think that's such a strange thing to happen. It's like, you asked for it, you went and put yourself in the public eye, so don't be surprised people recognize you, but that part can be strange.

It's pretty weird to me that our music is as popular as it is.

People thought we were a joke because we got noticed so fast.

One minute you're nobody and the next thing you've got people following you around.

I was thrown into the spotlight pretty quickly at UCLA.

People recognise me from all over the country, which we didn't expect.

It is quite surreal when you go to places up the north, like Inner Mongolia, and you are getting mobbed at the airport.