Song Quotes by Vanessa Carlton

I went horseback riding and got a big chunk of horse manure kicked into my face. It has a way of slapping you right…

— Vanessa Carlton

I am always drawn to men that are funny. I do not know why. But I am always drawn to people that are struggling…

— Vanessa Carlton

But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and…

— Vanessa Carlton

My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart

— Vanessa Carlton

I had no album title, and the album is like a journey in that it's a complete body of work. It's not just a…

— Vanessa Carlton

The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world

— Vanessa Carlton

I work hard and I will always work hard. But I feel very lucky with the way that it has all come together. I…

— Vanessa Carlton

Well, I would say that music just happens with me, I'm not in the driver's seat when I am at the piano, the piano…

— Vanessa Carlton

I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano appears on…

— Vanessa Carlton

The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel…

— Vanessa Carlton

I don't use sex to sell records, obviously, but I'd be lying if I said that I don't feel like I have to make…

— Vanessa Carlton

Writing this record let me recapture who I am. It is summed up in the title Be Not Nobody. You need to feel comfortable…

— Vanessa Carlton

I don't put boundaries on myself when I sit at the piano

— Vanessa Carlton

And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an…

— Vanessa Carlton

I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense,…

— Vanessa Carlton