I'm a big believer that when we put so much into our jobs - and everyone does - you deserve to be get paid for it instead of doing a gig and then having to work in a bar for eight hours. Gin Wigmore More Quotes by Gin Wigmore More Quotes From Gin Wigmore It's easy listening to a record, but a live performance is so personal and real. Gin Wigmore live performance easy listening I'd say the key thing is to remain true to what originally got you into music. When I wrote 'Hallelujah,' it ignited me to do music because of the love and joy that I got from writing that song. Down the road, you get all of these opinions from people; just remember what got you started in the first place. Gin Wigmore me you music love I think I was probably a cowboy in a past life. Gin Wigmore i-think think life past I try not to think too much about where my voice comes from. I'm channeling characters and emotion to come up with beautiful words that tell a story. Gin Wigmore words think voice beautiful Being a black sheep is a way I would describe myself. Gin Wigmore myself black sheep way I don't think I'm a good-enough songwriter. Gin Wigmore songwriter think I'm very open with people, very warm, when I meet them. My fans in particular find that strange and refreshing. Gin Wigmore meet warm strange people People might think I'm a bit more intimidating than I am. Gin Wigmore i-am more think people You can't go round looking like a rag. Gin Wigmore looking go like you You just feel better when you look nice. Gin Wigmore feel better look you I've got some real diehards down in New Zealand; I look after them and make sure they always get tickets. Gin Wigmore down new look real When you're young, you need to be silly and be stupid and not be trying to do that when you're 40 in a red sports car. Gin Wigmore you car stupid sports I was in a band in Auckland, and I remember they all hated me. They had a big intervention. They said, basically, 'Gin, we think you suck.' I was miserable. I cried and cried. But looking back, that taught me about social skills and how to communicate with musicians. Gin Wigmore looking me you looking-back When I went to Memphis and Mississippi and Nashville, I learnt the blues is a whole way of life. I don't really have the blues, but I can appreciate the honesty and the simplicity of it. Gin Wigmore simplicity honesty life way Writing music is such a freeing exercise, and it's really nice to play in that world of being confident, vengeful - getting back at all the bad boyfriends. Gin Wigmore bad music nice world You break up, and you say something pathetic, or you don't even speak at all when someone's telling you they don't love you anymore. But then you think about it five minutes later, and you have all these great comebacks! Gin Wigmore great you speak love That's the great thing about songwriting: You have that time to have perspective and look back and think about all the things you'd want to say. Gin Wigmore great you perspective time I've lived a lot since I was 16, so I've got more things to write about. I've started playing around the world and met some great people along the way who've taught me lots of things. Gin Wigmore great me people world I remember when I wrote songs when I was about 16, they all sounded the same because I didn't know anything. And all the subject matter was all the same because I hadn't actually done much. Gin Wigmore know done matter remember I've got a very short attention span, and this has been part of the reason I'm so kind of dumbfounded at the fact that I've still stayed with music. Nothing has ever stuck for me, and music's the only thing that's managed to stick out for a long period of time. Gin Wigmore me music time long
