A family friend was staying with us once and had brought over a ukulele. I just loved the way she played it. I saved up the money from my 11th birthday and went out and bought one for myself. Grace VanderWaal More Quotes by Grace VanderWaal More Quotes From Grace VanderWaal I always want to stay true to who I am, and if people don't like that, then that's okay. I think fans appreciate when you're genuine and honest, and that's how I try to be through all of this. Grace VanderWaal i-am think you people That's the amazing part of humans - it's so weird how one person can inspire. Grace VanderWaal weird person amazing inspire Regular school is one bajillion times easier than online school. I want friends; I want a social life. I want that experience in my life. Grace VanderWaal my-life friends experience life My advice for someone just learning the ukulele would be to have fun with it and not take anything too seriously. Some songs that I think are great for beginners would be, 'House of Gold,' 'Riptide,' and 'I Don't Know My Name.' Grace VanderWaal have-fun name great learning I remember I asked my mom for a ukulele, and she said no because she thought I would never play it. So then I got my birthday money up, and I bought my own. It was the most rebellious thing I've ever done. Grace VanderWaal money mom remember birthday Always be kind, but kindness doesn't mean that you have to not say what you think. Grace VanderWaal think you be-kind kindness I love it when people refer to me as a singer-songwriter. I get flutters in my stomach because they say, 'This is Grace VanderWaal, singer-songwriter,' not, 'This is Grace VanderWaal, winner of 'America's Got Talent.'' I'm so proud of that; it's such a big chapter of my life. But it's nice to kind of not be known as just that. Grace VanderWaal my-life me love life I've become a ukulele hoarder. Grace VanderWaal become ukulele I had a lot of those fake friends. You just have to realize it's happening. You can't get caught up in the 'Oh, my God, they want to be my friend, finally' aspect. Grace VanderWaal you friends fake god I always say that you can be polite and nice and still know what you want and still can see your path. Grace VanderWaal know you nice path The world is so big, and there's so many people, and there's only one you, and that's so special and unique to think about. Grace VanderWaal you unique people world I love colors, but I also love rich sounds. And I feel like when it comes to colored ukuleles, people assume they're cheap or that they'll have a tinny sound. And I feel like it would be really beautiful to have a rich color but also to have a rich sound. Grace VanderWaal colors beautiful love people Schools should be safe. Grace VanderWaal schools should safe Record labels and producers are not looking to change you: they are looking to make a star. And what they might think is a star may not be you. Grace VanderWaal looking think you change I think there's a misconception about the industry, that you have to change who you are to look 'cool' in order to succeed, and that's just not true. Grace VanderWaal look cool you change I think everyone has music inside them, and my hope is that I can help them find it. Grace VanderWaal think music i-can hope I do school online. My favorite thing to do with school is to finish things and then watch it go away, especially when I am working on a laptop. Grace VanderWaal i-am things go school Probably my sister was the only one to tell me that I was good singer until 'America's Got Talent.' Grace VanderWaal good me sister talent I play the saxophone, and I used to play the piano. Grace VanderWaal saxophone piano used play I started writing once I got the ukulele. Grace VanderWaal got started ukulele writing
