Jade Bird Quotes

So I came home and I had a resume and everything, but the only job experience I had was just playing in bars and clubs on my summers off. So, I was temping and stuff during the day and playing music at night.

After 'Rock Star,' I was definitely doing more high profile gigs. I was playing in Iceland. I was playing in Canada.

I played a lot of nightclubs in and around Tulsa till I was about 22, 24 years old, then I started travellin' around.

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

When I was about 12, I had my first paying gig - 8 dollars to play rhythm guitar in a polka band. Pretty soon, I ended up playing in all the bars within driving distance of Abbott, Texas.

I want to play more festivals.

I actually started singing those songs six or seven years ago, when I was an opening act for Frank Sinatra.

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.

When I had my first gig, I was 18 in January in 2007. My first gig that I got paid, I was playing for 10 people in a 250 people capacity venue. The promoter wanted to book me because he liked my music. I played a couple of songs that made people dance. To me, that rush has always stayed the same.

I think in 2016 I'm going to focus on performing a lot more and doing as many shows as I can. There's plans to tour more, and that's where my heart is - doing the live shows.

At the moment I have my family coming out with me on the road. We have our own vehicle and it's more like a family vacation. I just stop, do some gigs, and take off. It's a lot more fun now with the family.

I started singing in pubs and clubs around Belfast when I was 10. My dad is a musician, and he took me 'round; I impersonated Tina Turner and Shirley Bassey, and the crowd couldn't believe what was coming out of this little girl.

I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened to start getting work as an actress.

No it wasn't at the time cause you have to remember, I had been playing clubs since I was 13.

I began singing in dive bars and really small clubs. I dragged my piano down the stairs, and I went down the street with my keyboard, and I would go to every different dive bar that I could get to agree to let me play. I'd call and pretend I was Lady Gaga's manager.

It's hard to say exactly when it all started or what show it was, but I started touring when I was 11. I played all over Dallas and Fort Worth, and eventually I was touring the whole state.

I played the bars in northern California since I was 18. We played at least three hours, and there's no which-way about it: That definitely helped.

After my day at the Uni winded up, I used to go and perform gigs - I used to look forward to playing in front of an audience. It was when people came to me and gave me positive feedback that I got the confidence to pursue this as a dream.

I've played in practically every city in Scotland, and loads of towns as well. I just feel very grateful that I'm able to do that.

After school, instead of going into the restaurant scene, I very consciously took my guitar around everywhere I could, to Irish pubs and restaurants, and I played four nights a week to make ends meet.

I have a good time performing for girls. I think the guys will come when I grow up musically. We'll see.

I think live stuff is certainly stuff I enjoy doing. I do like performing for people and bringing it to people.

I started travelling doing shows everywhere to make people feel like a sense of New Orleans wherever they may be.

I did the coffee house thing - we have coffee houses where people play, or we used to - and when I was 14, I started there. Just played all the time. Every weekend I had a show, or every Thursday. Open-mic nights, the whole thing.

If I can still sing and still perform to my satisfaction, I don't mind touring.