Nicole Appleton Quotes

In the future, I see me as being my own artist and definitely not a ballad singer!

When you make a lot of money for a record company, they don't want you to evolve. Growing older, you naturally do.

I mean there are tons of reasons. Well first of all. I write my own record. I don't take other people's materials. And I have a job which is being Willa Ford on top of getting back in the studio and writing and recording.

When I was young, I was offered my first recording contract in 1971 and was offered quite a bit of money if I would change my character and be a '70s version of Cher.

I look at my career as a body of work, not just Queens of the Stone Age records. I'm in Eagles of Death Metal, I'm in Them Crooked Vultures; I make records with other people.

I sing some songs but don't expect me to release an album anytime soon.

I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.

I wouldn't say I'm changing myself to find a new audience. It's about growing, trying new things. There's a whole other world out there that doesn't know who Prince Royce is.

It was about working with other musicians, but more than that it's about exploring musical areas that you could never do with the band you're in, in my case Judas Priest. You could tackle musical areas and lyrical areas that wouldn't be appropriate for Priest.

Anything I do has to have integrity, so if you just want to make music, it's not difficult finding support. The hard part for a publicist or manager is making a star.

I don't want to be a full-time member of Pink Floyd all my life.

I've got one outlet now - music - and it's great to be able to sign someone that excites me. I'd like to also be able to do that with the scripts I get or books or TV shows... I'm not going to limit myself.

I've explored the worship side, the pop side, and the film scoring side of me.

There's just no telling what I'll do. But I can say for certain I will continue to play, record, and put out music.

I want a long career in music, so you've gotta keep trying things out; it's gotta get progressively better.

Being on my own in a studio is really, really different than making music with the band. I can't say I necessarily enjoy it more, but it was just a new experience for me.

I felt like by doing 'Turned Up,' it was something for my fans. It would be a great outlet for me to come out musically and really step up my game.

I never thought of myself as being the singer that wanted to create an identity and then stick to that.

I'm not gonna just disappear after one album.

I mean, being a solo artist is very different than being a member of a band. It's absolutely different. The whole situation is very different - situations where you can't really compare, it's so very different. But I found happiness.

I don't want people to think like Roddy is John Legend now. I just felt like once I got to a certain point, that I wanted to expand musically.

I wasn't sure what would happen to me after 'The Voice.' I was just excited to make music.

I wanted to have a label to not only release my own stuff but to also give young talent a chance to release their music without signing away their life. I had a great time with Spinnin', and the people I worked with were amazing, but the contract wasn't really for me. It wasn't what I wanted.

Any artist should stay challenged as long as possible.

Obviously 'Stranger Things' has given me the launching pad to have creative license for whatever I want, and I love doing the show, but when it comes to music, I want to distance myself as much as possible.