A biography for Vanessa Carltonhasn’t been written yet.
“But the approach to recording this album was kind of an organized, chaotic approach where I wanted to maintain and preserve that wild abandon to creating.”
“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 is.”
“But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party.”
“I don't put boundaries on myself when I sit at the piano.”
“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 couple of catchy songs and filler, so I felt that I needed to capture the essence of the album.”
“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 like they're getting that kind of approval.”
“Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.”
“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 an effort to look good when I go out onstage, to wear something pretty.”
“I was very lucky to be offered a lovely piece of property to build a career on. I started building a house on it, but it wasn't necessarily a house I would want to live in. So I ripped down that house, and I worked with these great lumberjacks to build a really cool cabin—a place I want to drink whiskey in and hang out until the sun rises.”
“I work hard and I will always work hard. But I feel very lucky with the way that it has all come together.”
“Every single note on this album is there for a reason.”