Tiffany Darwish Quotes

We're entertainers, not just singers!

Professionally, I want to keep playing music; I can't escape that.

You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.

I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!

Music was always a big part of my family. Only a few of us had the talent - or the courage - to walk out on a stage.

I don't profess to be Luciano Pavarotti, but I can hold a tune.

I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs.

I sang with a voice that was natural, and I liked the way I produced that sound. I thought of my other friends, that they were singing and dancing, but they didn't have this. I was special.

I love to sing and play the piano. As a child, I've always loved to sing my heart out, and even my teachers encouraged me to take up singing.

The one thing I do know is that I'm the best Taylor Hawkins drummer there is, and that is all I can hope to be. And when it comes to music, musicianship and skill, there is no such thing as better or worse because so much is personal opinion, and I can see that now.

I have a passion for music, and I enjoy the process of expressing myself within the parameters of a pop song, and I don't do it to seek anybody's approval, necessarily. Obviously, you go on stage, and you enjoy it when people respond to a particular song, but the overall concept of playing music I do for myself.

If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.

I'd love to claim the title of 'songwriter' or 'intellectual,' but the truth is that anything that I ever learned how to do in conjunction with music was purely so that I would have a platform to sing from.

Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off.

I have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off, so that's a big part of it. Also, I like to get up onstage and behave insanely or express myself physically, and the band can get pretty silly.

Musicians play music because you love... I loved to play drums since I was five. It's all I ever wanted to do. Rock stars, or as we call them, posers, guys who want to just look great, dress great. They're not musicians; they're looking for the fame.

Acting is awesome, but I'm really, really able to express myself creatively in music.

Music is my thing. In fact, that's what I wanted to do. I thought of myself as a musician. I had never thought about acting.

When I was 11, I decided that music was what I wanted to pursue as a career.

I'm all about showing people what I can really do in country music. Give me a mic and let me perform, and I'll prove it to you.

My dad Peter, who was my roadie when I was starting out, had loads of confidence but couldn't sing.

I feel like I am a true entertainer and performer.

I love making music and I've always been doing that, I just didn't make it commercial.

I'm not a story; I'm a person, and my passion is music. And I want your passion to be my music - so, judge me on my music.

Music was sort of my thing at first.