--- title: "1 Playing Shows Quotes By Verite" description: "1 Playing Shows quotes by Verite. Plus more from Verite and more Playing Shows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/verite-23062_band_i-started-when-i-was-really-young-i-was_804304.jpg" --- > [I started when I was really young. I was playing with my dad when I was 8 or 9, and I started playing shows then. I had a short stint in a DIY all-girl punk cover band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/i-started-when-i-was-really-young-i-was-playing-with-my-dad-when-i/) Verite [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/verite-23062_band_i-started-when-i-was-really-young-i-was_804304.jpg) ## More by Verite > [I want to write weirder stuff and convince people that it's Top 40.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/i-want-to-write-weirder-stuff-and-convince-people-that-it-s-top-40/) Verite > [I don't wear a lot of color because I live in New York, and I'm sort of color-blind, so colors don't match to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/i-don-t-wear-a-lot-of-color-because-i-live-in-new-york-and-i-m-sort/) Verite > [I love spreadsheets. I do all the finances. I pay the publicists. I have to compartmentalize the creative and the business, so there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/i-love-spreadsheets-i-do-all-the-finances-i-pay-the-publicists-i-have/) Verite > [I moved to New York when I was 21 and worked between 40 and 70 hours a week. Then I invested it all. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/i-moved-to-new-york-when-i-was-21-and-worked-between-40-and-70-hours/) Verite > [A lot of my music has ambiguity and room for people to interpret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/a-lot-of-my-music-has-ambiguity-and-room-for-people-to-interpret/) Verite > [Back in the day, I was definitely a child of alternative radio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/back-in-the-day-i-was-definitely-a-child-of-alternative-radio/) Verite > [If I'm happy with what I'm putting out and proud of it - that is becoming enough for me. It's testing myself, but I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/if-i-m-happy-with-what-i-m-putting-out-and-proud-of-it-that-is/) Verite > [I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/i-have-to-recognize-that-my-voice-is-attached-to-my-body-which-gets/) Verite > [I'm not very good at vacationing or relaxing or planning any of that for myself. So I'm in the habit of piggy-backing off of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/i-m-not-very-good-at-vacationing-or-relaxing-or-planning-any-of-that/) Verite > [I started when I was really young. I was playing with my dad when I was 8 or 9, and I started playing shows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/i-started-when-i-was-really-young-i-was-playing-with-my-dad-when-i/) Verite > [If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/if-anything-i-m-the-most-hesitant-to-bring-on-a-label-that-terrifies/) Verite > [I hyper-analyze everything; I'm always in my head. Those moments where you don't think and you're just part of the environment did not come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/i-hyper-analyze-everything-i-m-always-in-my-head-those-moments-where/) Verite > [I was joking with someone about this the other day. They were like, 'You talk about Applebee's as if it was your ex.' I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/i-was-joking-with-someone-about-this-the-other-day-they-were-like-you/) Verite > [School was just kind of something where it was like, 'Um, I guess I should get my bachelor's.' My mind is always geared towards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/school-was-just-kind-of-something-where-it-was-like-um-i-guess-i/) Verite > [I want to be in control of how my music is released and how I create it. What people don't talk about when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/i-want-to-be-in-control-of-how-my-music-is-released-and-how-i-create/) Verite ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/playing-shows/verite/#itemlist", "name": "1 Playing Shows Quotes By Verite", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I started when I was really young. I was playing with my dad when I was 8 or 9, and I started playing shows then. 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