Birdy Quotes

#1. The things I see every day inspire my sound and lyrics, like certain people and situations that stick out in my mind. There are also certain musicians I love whose music and styles inspire me.

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#2. I've had to ban my mum from coming to see me play. She gets so nervous before any show. I've always got a few nerves but she's so much worse than me. You'd think she'd be able to handle that kind of situation. After all, she is a concert pianist.

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#3. I've started to get used to traveling a lot and performing, but still everything has grown so quickly and is very exciting!

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#4. I wanted to give people a taste of my own music through the sound and style of my covers.

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#5. I read the three 'Hunger Games' books in a week and because I liked them so much I wrote 'Just a Game.'

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#6. Birdy Edwards is here. I am Birdy Edwards!

Arthur Conan Doyle

#7. Birdy never felt artistic inclination when armed with a marking implement. What came to her were words, always words, commentary and criticism and correction and simple vocabulary curios; she scratched a few of them on the smooth red wall.

Antonya Nelson

#8. My town's quite small and you kinda recognize everyone when you see them, so I definitely get funny looks from people.

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#9. SOMETIMES I SYMPATHIZE WITH SIRIUS' MOTHER. I'D WANT TO BLAST YOU OFF MY FAMILY TREE TOO.

Birdy Jones

#10. I used to play violin, but I wasn't very good!

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#11. We all do things we shouldn't. That's what makes us human.

Chris Birdy

#12. I've heard that Bon Iver liked my cover of 'Skinny Love.'

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#13. It's just me and I try to be myself when I'm singing.

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#14. I got a phone call from Fearne Cotton. It was amazing! I literally couldn't believe it. It was so cool. It was the night before I was going on her show to sing on the 'Live Lounge.' She was so lovely.

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#15. Who will love you? who will fight? and who will fall far behind?

Birdy From Skinny Love

#16. I love Adele and Lykke Li. I also listen to classical music as well.

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#17. I would love to work with Paolo Nutini because he is so soulful and an amazing songwriter.

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#18. Once you fight the demons that live in your heart, the ones that live outside will never knock you door.

Birdy Fogh

#19. My mom's a concert pianist, so she started teaching me when I was around seven. When I was eight, I started writing my own songs, and kinda started putting piano and singing together. But I'm trained classically, which is a big influence on me, I think.

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#20. I don't think you have to have experienced things to understand them.

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#21. My songs tend to be about love. It drives some of the greatest songs. I'm looking forward to seeing what people make of my writing.

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#22. I think it was when I was 12 when I entered a singing competition. I sang my own original song for an audience of 1,000 people.

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#23. I've never spoken to Bon Iver, but I would love to. I'm a huge fan!

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#24. I get really nervous right before I go on stage. But once I'm performing, I always love it. It's like being in a different world.

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#25. When I performed at 'Open Mic U.K.' I had this connection with the audience that I'd never felt before, and I loved it. It was my first big thing, and looking out into the crowd ... was just amazing.

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#26. Little birdy fly's away from the nest on its own and comes back with one twig and you invite it back in, it will bring more!

Edna Stewart

#27. The materials for the nest must be collected and woven strand by strand ... Such a birdy method may at first seem absurd to the forward-thinking nest maker, but soon it will be found that the pleasures of the project are not derived from efficiency.

P. Harding

#28. She must not look too proud nor yet too humble, lest people say she is proud of her humility."

Excerpt From: "Catherine, Called Birdy.

Karen Cushman

#29. Beauty is more than perfect features, Birdy. There's something about you that draws everyone to you, the way flowers turn toward the sun. You walk into a room and the place comes alive. You are beautiful, Birdy. All the more so because you don't even realize it.

Suzanne Woods Fisher

#30. It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a 'real teacher' for me. But she'd always teach me to really hear the music, and develop my ear, and to try and hear the harmonics of the piano.

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