Kirstin Maldonado Quotes

My father used to tape 'Top of the Pops' for me every Sunday, and I would sit in my bedroom, write down the lyrics of all of my favourite songs, and sing along. I was always singing in my bedroom with a hairbrush.

We learned a verse of this and that and we were having fun with the songs. Tommy would make up stories to go along with them and I would yell at him, 'Hey, stupid, that's not right,' and he was like a silly kid trying to impress.

When I was a tiny tot, we only had one record player in the house, so there was either Genesis on it or the Jungle Book or The Beatles as well, and various other things.

I loved movies, growing up. They brought me so much joy.

'Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments, of fleeting emotions, of sleepless nights.

I used to sing songs from musicals all the time as a kid.

I don't know if I really watched any Disney animation as a kid.

I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.

Ever since I was really really little, I was just singing all the time. Like one of my favorite games when I was little would be to just have one of my sisters pick a title, and I would impromptu create that song.

I can look back over my earlier music, and it takes me back to the place I was emotionally.

I had a very active inner life as a kid. There's a good album or two worth of stuff that I can bring out on a rainy day if I have a loss for inspiration or whatever - even now.

Everyone loves Disney, it just has a special place in everyone's heart.

My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.

I loved playing with Barbies - that's why I didn't stop!

My first record was about childhood. There were a lot of nursery rhyme and fairytale references; it was all about being naive.

When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.

In the course of transferring all my CDs to my iPod, I have found myself wandering the musical hallways of my past and reacquainting myself with music I haven't listened to in years.

I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.

One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel - you smell a certain smell in the room and it takes you back to your childhood. I feel like music is able to do that, and it happens to me all the time.

I sang in choir as a kid.

Every single song that I've listened to is in my memory forever.

When I was a kid, Disney was one of my gods. I just loved movies like 'Snow White' and 'Pinocchio.'

As kids, we did see the Disney movies and the kids' adventure stories of the day.

When I was a kid, I grew up watching musicals.

I want my music to make you reminiscent or nostalgic of your childhood, or take you back to a better place.