Courtney Hadwin Quotes

Yeah, I've always sung, and I always try to find a way for music to be in my life.

Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.

There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing.

Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music.

When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.

My work is intensely personal.

I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have.

Music means a great deal to me.

For me, music is for the soul - no matter whether the song is composed by me or by someone else.

All my collections are based on something I like or something I'm dealing with. They are always deeply personal.

Jazz is something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.

I always just made music that resonates with me emotionally.

For me, singing was real life, not two plus two equals four.

If it's got the feeling, if the music moves you or not, it doesn't matter what the genre is to me.

Singing your own songs is all about individual expression.

My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.

I don't think songs have to be like these super-#1-smash-hit-sounding songs, because I think it's more important that it's like, 'Hey! This is coming out of me. This is something I connect with. This is something that I like to sing.'

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

I feel what I sing, and I sing what I feel. Really, that's all I can do.

I enjoy singing; being in touch with something that is inside of me.

My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

I don't want to sing boring pop songs - I want to sing songs that are meaningful to me.

Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

When I write songs for myself it's really personal and I just can't have someone else singing it.