I don't want to be a flash in the pan. I want to be around for a very long time. I want to be like a Sheryl Crow or a Melissa Etheridge or even a Madonna with how her career has lasted so long and she is still respected in the music business. That's really what I am aiming for. I'm not really looking for 15 minutes of fame.

Cheyenne Kimball

Categorized in : Long Careers Crow

I auditioned [for America's Most Talented Kids] just to see where I would rank. I had been playing [gigs] around town, and I wanted to see what people thought of me because when I played a show, everyone would clap but I didn't know what they were really thinking.

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kids america thinking

I want to be around for a long time, I don't want to be a flash in the pan. I hope I'll be 50 years old and still making music.

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want long years

It's a little awkward to know that the world is going to see you and your mom argue about stupid things and watch me get grounded...again.

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awkward mom stupid

I'm not about being sexy. I'm about the music.

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being-sexy sexy

Can't sleep unless the TV is on.

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cant-sleep tvs sleep

[I can't start the day without] checking my cellphone... I love messages!

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cellphone start-the-day messages

TV does so much these days. It is such a great platform for an artist.

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tvs artist doe

I remember writing 'All I Want Is You' and hoping it would get me out of trouble. I haven't stopped writing songs or getting into trouble since.

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want writing song

Wear the outfit; don't let the outfit wear you.

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I'm a bargain shopper.

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shoppers bargains

It's good for my fans to be able to connect with me as a person because I am a very normal 15-, 16-year-old girl. I still get in trouble. I still have boy problems and friend problems so it's just very good for my fans to see that.

Cheyenne Kimball

girl boys years

I love to dress myself. I have a unique style, but I don't try to do that - I just put on whatever I feel good in that day.

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style feel-good unique

My style philosophy is: Be comfortable.

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style comfortable philosophy

I want to go to Berkeley and major in music.

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berkeley majors want

I never even went to high school because I went straight from middle school into the music business. I don't really know what it is supposed to be like.

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music-business middle school

College is for finding yourself. I've established who I want to be.

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finding-yourself college want

The funny thing is a lot of people assume that my parents are the ones pushing me to make music. The truth is that I'm the one dragging them along on this crazy ride. They'd much rather have a normal life, but it doesn't look like that's in the cards.

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funny-things crazy people

I want to win a Grammy. I want to be on the cover of Rolling Stone. I want to be a musical guest on 'Saturday Night Live.' And I want to play arenas and have tons of people watching me.

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winning play night

Even though I am going to miss out on my prom or I am going to miss out on walking across stage to accept my diploma, that's OK to me because I know I will have other perks in life.

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diploma accepting missing

I was shopping at my local mall in Dallas that I've gone to for like three years now. And everyone was like "Oh my God, who's that? Who's that?" And I was like whatever, because you know, there are like 20 people traveling with me. It's like I have an entourage following me -- which is so funny.

Cheyenne Kimball

shopping people years