The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs. Chantal Kreviazuk More Quotes by Chantal Kreviazuk More Quotes From Chantal Kreviazuk Time, where did you go? / Why did you leave me here alone? / Wait, don't go so fast / I'm missing the moments as they pass Chantal Kreviazuk missingwaitingbirthday I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing. Chantal Kreviazuk It scares me to speak my mind, it might sound self-absorbed, I don't say half of what I think, I wonder what I'm thinking for Chantal Kreviazuk selfmindthinking To be honest, I'm not as goal oriented and ambitious as I once was. Chantal Kreviazuk ambitioushonestgoal Making sleep happen is a must - anytime, anywhere, from a plane to a train to an automobile. Ideally, I like to get eight to ten hours a night, though I'll take it broken up in two segments if I have to. Chantal Kreviazuk sleepnighttwo Maybe in past years, perhaps women didn't feel quite as comfortable with revealing themselves, and their skills and their crafts... and now we are, so we're out there, just like the guys. Chantal Kreviazuk skillspastyears If I'm writing strictly for others, how does that show what I'm experiencing or thinking? I just got to a point where I realized I could be as personal as I wanted to be and people could relate to those situations if they so choose. Chantal Kreviazuk writingpeoplethinking Well, Winnepeg has everything to do with my music in the sense it was where I was born and raised, cultured and all that sort of thing. A lot of my experiences come from Winnepeg. Chantal Kreviazuk born-and-raisedraisedborn If certain songs become popular enough to the point where I'll be playing them the rest of my life, I don't want them all to dwell on the same down moment that I'll have to keep reliving. Chantal Kreviazuk momentswantsong I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive about what's affecting you instead of trying to sing about a subject just for the sake of other people getting something from it. Chantal Kreviazuk growing-uptryingpeople I've built a solid career there, but America's ten times the size. Now that we're onto the third record, I feel like the stars have aligned and American audiences are embracing my music even more. Chantal Kreviazuk careersstarsamerica I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a wide range of emotions. Chantal Kreviazuk emotionstuffwriting Of course, I would be depressed sometimes, and my Mom would be worried about me because I would just sleep to escape. Cause I was so scared of being a musician or artist, or whatever you want to call it. Chantal Kreviazuk momartistsleep Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings. Chantal Kreviazuk singingweatherchildren And I think it's a real challenge to be up there sometimes with only a keyboard if they don't have a grand piano... and to try to win people over that way. It's really hard. Chantal Kreviazuk realwinningthinking Generally my feeling is that I think women are just in a universal way coming out, coming to their own more. And they have more opportunity, and basically we're equal. Chantal Kreviazuk feelingsopportunitythinking I can't say I want to earn a particular award or sell a certain number of records, because even if I do that, the satisfaction only lasts five minutes. Chantal Kreviazuk recordsawardsnumbers I listened to my record and hear lots of influences. And it's very rich... it's got a wide spectrum. Chantal Kreviazuk richrecordsinfluence I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of all that really matters to me. Chantal Kreviazuk kindmatterworld I think it's important to really press on with the song writing and just go with it. There's no code, there's no craft... it's just let yourself shine through your music. If it's meant to be loved and heard, it'll happen. Chantal Kreviazuk writingsongthinking
