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Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Upon completion of her education at the School of American Ballet, Carlton chose to pursue singing instead, performing in New York City bars and clubs while attending university. Three months after recording a demo with producer Peter Zizzo, she signed with A&M Records. She began recording her album, which was initially unsuccessful until Ron Fair took over.

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But now - look, I have to take care of myself. I work out every day. I'm a dancer. I've always been an athlete, and I'm one of those people who start to go crazy if they don't run or do something.

Athlete, Crazy, Look, Run, Running, Start

I did not stop dancing; I did take two years off to get myself together

Dancing, Take, Two, Years

But when you hear the complete album, it gets dark, really straight-up rock, with some really intimate moments with just me and the piano. It's not completely me because there are parts of me that aren't on that song, that are on the album

Complete, Dark, Parts, Piano, Rocks, Song

My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in.

Mom, Piece, Play, Watch, Years

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.

Approval, Kind, People, Sexy, Thinking

Making my way downtown, walking fast, faces pass, and I'm home bound. Staring blankly ahead, just making my way, making a way, through the crowd. And I need you, and I miss you, and now I wonder. . . If I could fall, into the sky. do you think time, would pass me by? 'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles, if I could, just see you tonight.

Fall, Home, Pass, Travel, Walking

Toting around a full orchestra on tour is very ambitious. I would consider doing a show now and then, like do a show at Radio City or Carnegie Hall with a full orchestra.

Ambitious, Cities, Hall, Journey, Like, Show

I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano appears on stage and then magically disappears when I leave.

Appears, Journey, Leave, People, Piano

A lot of people give in to those pressures and let others influence the process on their second albums because they want to achieve the success they had with their first again, but they don't know how to do it

Albums, Give, Giving, Know, Let, People

If Mozart were around now he would write a killer rock song.

Mozart, Rock, Rocks, Song, Writing

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.

Anxiety, Become, Eating Disorder, Food, Point

And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about.

Actually, Artist, People, Sad, Think, Thinking

I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense, and then figuring out how to live your life with that

Crazy, Figuring, Live, Live Your Life, Nuts

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.

Excited, Kid, Kids, Mom, Party

Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy

Emotional, Hitting, Play, Song

Well, I'm stubborn and wrong, but at least I know it.

Know, Knows, Stubborn, Wells, Wrong

The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world

Ballet, Easy, Industry, Music, World

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

Album, Couple, Essence, Filler, Journey, Song

The heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man.

Arms, Heart, Man, Men, Woman

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

Come, Hard Work, Lucky, Together, Work

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