Fefe Dobson Quotes

The more I do in my life, the more I can write music about new experiences.

For me, Surya's 'Varanam Ayiram' is a big inspiration.

A lot of my music is inspired by personal situations in my life.

Ironically, being a coach on 'The Voice' and spending time with those kids, Xenia and Dia especially, I learned a lot about myself. It reminded me how lucky I am that this happened for me, and it kind of lit the spark inside me again for my love of music.

I have not an ounce of regret. Every link is so valuable in forming the chain that is my life. Who I am today is because of those links, and I wouldn't change any of them.

Before I wasn't sure what I wanted to say, but now, I have had so many different experiences that they have given me what I want to get across in my music.

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.

It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.

My inspiration comes from my real life experiences.

I was an insecure kid. Once I saw 'Hercules' with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn't be here today.

I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music.

If it weren't for the mentorship and guidance from people like my mother, James Brown and others, I wouldn't have been able to make something of my life.

There's always going to be life experiences that find their way into my songs.

I've grown up with kids watching me and as they're growing up, I'm growing up.

I feel like I experienced my 20s in all their glory and all their disastrousness.

Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is where it comes from.

Everything I have experienced in my life helps form who I am today, and I would not change or forget any of it.

I can't play anything until I find something that connects to my life, something I can carry as my secret map or code for the character.

As I experience life and go through things, that's what I write about.

For the first five years of music and first five years of acting, I don't remember it because I was running to where I was going. Finally I was like, 'Man, I missed everything.' So I just stopped, and I started looking around.

I meet people in my daily life, people who seem to experience some change and some growth on a personal level, and that gives me hope.

All of my books come from something that I happen to be working out at a given point in my life. It's kind of self-therapy.

I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time.

I learned so much from Tony Danza I learned so much about myself.