I went to a public school in Oak Harbor, Ohio, and it’s a very rural community. I was an artist kid, and I just didn’t fit in very well. Crystal Bowersox Read Quote
I’ve known who I am as an artist for a long time; ‘Idol’ has shown me what I’m capable of. I know it’s all possible for me now. I can go in any direction I want. I’m forever grateful to them. Crystal Bowersox Read Quote
Acting isn’t necessarily pretending. It’s storytelling. It’s giving someone your perspective on something. Crystal Bowersox Read Quote
You have to learn to draw the same emotion you had when you wrote a song every time you perform it. Acting is the same way: You have to find those emotions and bring them to the surface, and then put them back when you’re done. Crystal Bowersox Read Quote
Writing for me is definitely a form of ventilation – a way for me to cope and deal with emotions. I think it is for any writer. Crystal Bowersox Read Quote
Everything is pre-taped these days, but I’m a believer in, ‘If you can’t do it live, don’t do it.’ Crystal Bowersox Read Quote
It’s not my concern to make a commercial pop record. I want to make a record of music that I would listen to, that is lyrically rich and has songs that people can relate to – more along the Jakob Dylan route: people who create for the art of it and not necessarily the monetary rewards of it. Crystal Bowersox Read Quote
I enjoy having my privacy and not seeing my face on the cover of everything, y’know? Crystal Bowersox Read Quote
My music is pretty versatile; I have a lot of genres and styles. I don’t think I should be pigeonholed into one thing. So we’ll see where my career goes. Crystal Bowersox Read Quote
