Anderson East Professions : Musician Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Anderson East I love country music, but I also love gangster rap. Anderson East gangster music love country We don't do lots of jamming on stage, but I think we have the attitude of exploring things and trying something new. Anderson East new think attitude trying I love seeing people smiling, dancing. There's enough sadness in the world, man. Anderson East man sadness love people That's the biggest part of going to church. You just learn how to hide your bad in front of people. Anderson East bad you church people My whole goal is to be honest and sincere with the music I'm making. Anderson East sincere honest music goal I'm a huge closet Mariah Carey fan - she's got one of the best voices probably ever. Anderson East fan she got best As a solo artist, it's so easy to be lumped into a singer / songwriter genre and writing sleepy, sad songs that are very emotionally rich that mean a lot to you, and people just get kind of tired. Anderson East you sad tired people There is a healthy amount of self-doubt and criticism with most people that make music. You find your areas that are your best. Onstage, I am good. But talking to someone in the grocery store? Forget about it. Anderson East i-am best good music I don't think there is a clear-cut avenue for what I do, and I am OK with that. I am just a lover of music. Anderson East i-am just think music Music was kind of a precious commodity growing up. Anderson East precious up growing-up music I kind of tried my hand at sports and school, and I wasn't very apt at either one of those things. Anderson East tried things sports school You can't take a kid from north Alabama and growing up in church - some of that is just gonna seep out. Anderson East some you growing-up church I've only ever been in one band in my life, and that was in middle school. Anderson East my-life band life school 'Anderson' is what I've been called since I was a kid; my mom is about the only person who calls me 'Mike.' Anderson East person kid me mom I've tried to do the sad-bastard thing for long enough. I just want to have a good time. Anderson East good enough time long You have to be delusional to get into this business, you know? Anderson East get know you business It's hard lovin' folks sometimes, isn't it? Anderson East folks hard sometimes It's really hard for me to be open and be completely honest with a stranger. Anderson East open me hard stranger It's all about being comfortable, forgetting there's a microphone in front of you. Anderson East forgetting being you comfortable I have the purest intent when it comes to love. But it doesn't always work out that way. That's the truth. But you know, it's still pretty fun when you're in the moment. Anderson East moment truth work love Similar Authors Adam Jones musician Izzy Stradlin musician Bon Scott musician Brad Delp musician Brad Delson musician Brian Eno musician All Authors
