Ester Dean Quotes
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I got really excited about Beyoncé, but it was Beyoncé. I think I was more in awe of how pleasant she is.
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My dream is to star in an animated movie and to have a toy made after me.
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I did a lot of songs that I sold, but then they never came out and I never got paid for it. You learn real fast that the music industry, in the beginning, you're not going to get paid for a while, and then you start getting the accolades.
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I'm the only girl songwriter that fights for a lot of things. I fight for songwriting fees, which record labels want you to shut up about.
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I wasn't comfortable on stage for years. It was good - 18 shows. I want to do it again.
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I'm more than a songwriter. I'm a creative person. Some people you just always see. I won't allow you to see me unless it makes sense. There's a reason to see me.
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I always tell people I write songs, but I'm a writer. It's a difference. I can write songs to music, but I can write a story. I can see ideas spark in me.
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My success, I feel like, is credit - credit for a good job. I haven't even gotten a Grammy, yet I've already decided I want an Emmy.
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I feel guilty because I want to act more than I want to write songs. I'm a person who likes to transition; I like to grow.
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The mall is good for hearing new music because you hear music everywhere. I like to walk around the mall and hear what the kids are listening to, or what's the feel of Middle America, cause that's what the mall is.
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I feel like writing songs is cheating on acting. It's weird.
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I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.
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Stars can't shine without darkness.
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I want to create a management company for people like me so that they don't have to give up the way they present [themselves], they just have someone to help them keep their business afloat.
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I'm young. You can't just sit there and be satisfied.
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I like interior decorating. I really like to build houses. And landscaping, I like that.
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I don't really start writing until later in the night. I'm a night owl.
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I've done so much songwriting and I know how to do it.
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I had so many beliefs against being a singer or what it takes. There was a lot of pain associated with that. The rejection of it all. I lived in a rejection state of mind. Not because of my voice; the mike never rejected me. It was harboring all those bad memories of being broke. It teaches you your worth. Nothing good comes from that.
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I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs.
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Everyone in my family can sing - my momma can sing, my cousins. I was in the third grade and I was that kid who was so bad in school because I could sing.
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I'm a very emotional writer. I always need to have a boyfriend. I always need to have some food. I always need to have a heater at my feet, and I drink this thing called Cool Brew, which I found in Louisiana. It's like condensed coffee.
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I'm going to become a real professional actress.
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You have to break your fingers to learn how to play guitar.
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I see what other people do and what songwriters don't. They don't get out and take care of themselves. Producers turn themselves into a massive brand. Songwriters tend to be under someone else's umbrella. If you're building your own legacy, it can't be under an umbrella.
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I have a thing - I call it magic - but I feel like I can write stuff down in the middle of the night and wake up and it happens. I write what I want in my journal.
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Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.
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I try to reach for the stars because if you say you want something small and it happens, you don't believe it. So I try to say something wild and crazy.
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I just like to stay creative. Anything that can keep my mind going.
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Acting becomes my real job, writing becomes my second job, and then when I turn 50, I think I'm going to open up an interior decorating company.
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