Top 66 Tiffany Darwish Quotes

My image is jeans. An oversize sweat shirt. T-shirt. A pair of boots or sneakers. Very simple. And that’s what I feel comfortable in.

I think the biggest thing, for me, was just to be recognized as a songwriter.

It’s annoying when people go, ‘I didn’t know you could actually sing.’

With ‘A Million Miles,’ I still was proving myself as a writer and as a vocalist. It gave me the platform to tour again.

I’m real cautious about staying a regular teenager. I’ve had other friends who hit it big with a record or something, and they changed completely. I don’t want that to happen to me.

I hope my career will be long-term. It’s not something I’m taking for granted, but we try to plan that way.

The first album, I’d had some input, but I was 14 years old then, and I really didn’t know what I was talking about.

Music should be fun. If it’s not fun, then you’re going to get burned out; you’re not going to give the best show.

I toured all over the world, I have die-hard fans, and I had my dreams come true.

I’ve always loved country music.

I like show business – performing. I can’t think of anything better.

At the end of the day, if you’re still kickin’, and you’re still doin’ what you love, and you still have a dream, that’s all you need.

Over the years, I grew up as a person and made mistakes and had a great time and had a baby, kind of grew as a person and as an artist.

I pinch myself daily.

There was a lot of turmoil in my family.

Careers will come and go. Talent is always there.

I don’t need a security guy pushing my fans around.

New Jersey was like home for me the first time I was there.

I came to Nashville in the early ’90s, and I thought, ‘OK, enough is enough. I write songs; I just don’t have the backbone to show it to anybody. I want to go to Nashville and learn how to properly write a song.’

It was one of the things that used to be on my rider when I would do my shows. I would always ask for a Klondike bar.

What I’m hoping is that people in my age group will grow up with me and keep listening.

Life is short. You’ve got to live your dreams.

I do love the social-media aspect of working records nowadays. You can do a video and put it up on social media, and people check you out who would never check you out before. I think it’s much cooler that you can just get the product right to the fans.

I wanted to be known as a better musician more than anything.

I’ve always really been a big fan of rock music. I wanted to record rock music when I was 14 or 15, but I was too young; it would have been ridiculous.

I’m not a one-hit wonder who got lucky. This really is my life. I was born with this talent, and this is what I meant to be. I’m totally grateful.

It’s nice to go out to a club and know you can still turn heads.

My image in general is real casual.

I actually did my first tour at the age of 10 with my dad, and it was as a country singer. We toured through Alaska, and he took me to sing at places like county fairs, hoedowns, backyard barbecues, you name it. We were usually passing around the hat for gas money to get to the next gig.

I’m a real girl. I get it. I gain weight, I lose weight. My styles change.

Like, it’s fun for me to sing ‘I Think We’re Alone Now.’ But when ‘Could’ve Been’ comes out as a single, that’s a ballad and really shows my voice; then people will say, ‘Hey, this girl really can sing.’

The writing process really became natural when it was real and from my heart, and I was exposed.

It was not appropriate for me to wear anything like a bustier or to be sexy. It was big hair and hoop earrings and jean jackets.

I’m constantly trying to grow as a musician, so when I listen to different things, I’m like, ‘That’d be cool to do something like that,’ and I try to keep myself open-minded.

I think of God as, well, sort of a friend or something I need. Like the way I need my fans.

Let’s face it: Robert Plant is hot!

As a performer, you’re constantly re-branding.

I’m not as naive as some people think.

I went to Nashville when I was 10. Tried to get a record deal. Everybody was like, ‘You’re 10. It’s not gonna happen. Come back later.’

When you become a mega-icon overnight, there’s no way to keep that intensity continually going.

I’m a big Miley Cyrus fan. I think she‘s really awesome.

My mum really depended on me. I’m the eldest of three girls, and she had emotional issues.

I am an old soul: I do know so much about music history.

I’m thankful for what I’ve got, but I’m cramming all my money into a trust fund because I don’t ever want to look around and wonder where all my money went.

Some young stars go a little too far too soon.

Hopefully, I’ve established a career, but you can be a big sensation one day, and the next day everyone‘s going, ‘Who? … Who?’

I think, with everything in my career, I don’t really want to put boundaries on myself.

When I was growing up, I wanted to dress like a lot of my idols, but I simply couldn’t afford it, or my mother would say, ‘Too much make-up’ or ‘It’s too old for you.’ So all I’ve ever worried about is that my fans could relate to me, and as a teenager with the same tastes and interests.

I think before, in the ’80s, it was more about fashion and music videos and a lot of radio: getting out there and the fans learning who you were and your music.

‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ just makes people feel good. It became a teen anthem twice. How cool is that?

Because my early music was heavily produced, people assume my voice was also heavily produced.

When I got my record deal, my mum was still struggling a little bit, so the entertainment industry took advantage of that. My mum needed money, and so she signed a contract.

I wanted to be the country version of Stevie Nicks, but before you knew it, I was heading in a pop direction, touring the world, having No. 1 singles, and loving every minute of it.

When you’re a little girl, living your dreams, even tiny little stages in someone‘s backyard are amazing.

I want to take acting lessons first. But I’d love to find the right film, a ‘Breakfast Club’ kind of thing.

My body – it’s become, as I get older… not my friend.

I am a redhead and was a tomboy for many years.

From the time I was 2, I told my mom I was going to be a singer. And she’d say, ‘Sure, honey, and tomorrow you’ll want to be a dancer.’

I didn’t want to record ‘I Think We’re Alone Now,’ because I thought it wouldn’t show that I could actually sing.

My parents were divorced when I was 2, so I don’t remember much about them being together.

I’ve always wanted to be a singer, since as far back as I can remember.

‘Dust Off And Dance,’ the album, was really all about me being in England.

Some artists don’t want to be involved in anything outside the performing. They’ll say, ‘You make the decisions and tell me what to do.’ I want to be in on all of it. If there’s a meeting where commitments are made that I have to carry out, I want to be there.

I guess getting used to sleeping on the tour bus has been the hardest thing – that and settling for whatever food you can get on the road.

I want to play the Grand Ole Opry for sure. And I want to meet and play with people like Emmylou Harris and Vince Gill.

‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ is one of the all-time great songs.