Cody Simpson Quotes

My first couple shows, I figured I should be playing the guitar and singing. That felt weird, but I got good at it pretty quick, and I learned my songs and how to play them.

I've never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each gig.

I think it's really, really good for me to be on stage once a year. It keeps your chops good. There's nothing else like it.

I want to grow as a vocalist, and I want to really kill every single show and just become better.

I've always enjoyed singing and can't recall a time in my life where I wasn't singing. I'm most grateful for the strength I have in that department. I have a lot of bad habits on the guitar which limits my playing ability. But I get a little better each year.

I've realized that I can do performances.

On any given night - there are nights that you feel better. There are nights that you are vocally better. There are nights that you are not as vocally good. No question about it.

Playin' bass runs and singin' lead vox, is sometimes difficult, but I have three words for you: Practice, practice, practice!

As an actor, I've grown considerably. For example, it's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I do it a lot better than I ever did. I've really opened up a lot. And I'm glad I have because I'm being appreciated for it.

I realized that I didn't want to do anything else. Plus, I realized I was good, and, most importantly, I actually loved to sing on stage.

Now I'm more sure and I feel myself more comfortable singing.

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

I play guitar; I can sing a little bit.

I always sang after every dinner or when we had people over or when we had a show in school. I just loved to be on stage and sing in front of people.

I am somebody who is very comfortable on stage because I have been performing since childhood. I have done a lot of public events as well, though there is a huge difference in my performances today and the ones from my childhood, as earlier, I used to sing bhajans.

On stage, it's very naked. There's a reason you shake your knees. You're very vulnerable, cos it's just you, your body is the instrument. But I always had confidence in my voice, if I had the right song, the right words to sing.

I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challenge of learning new material and singing it in front of an audience.

I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up.

I'm a huge karaoke fan. Oh my God. I'm one of those girls who don't give the mic away. It's a problem. I'm a closeted pop star.

I don't have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

I still play the guitar and piano, but hardly ever in public.

Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.

If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.

I was one of those annoying kids that loves singing and entertaining.