Christina Grimmie
My goal in my career is to inspire people, is to get my music out there and have people enjoy it, and have people think of me as an inspirational artist.Collection: Inspirational
People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.Collection: Learning
Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be; that's stupid. So be yourself.Collection: Funny
Confidence is not, 'They will like me'. Confidence instead is, 'I'll be fine if they don't'.
I have God, Jesus Christ: I'm Christian. I try to stay as grounded as I possibly can. And I have my parents that help me and my friends that are really great accountability partners to me.
Me being the metal fan that I am, I like to listen to thrash metal to get me pumped - that kind of music will get your heart racing and ready for a crowd.
'Side A' was a project that I wanted to do, stuff that I produced completely, and it was just stuff that I was dealing with.
I'd love to open for Bieber. It would be awesome; that would definitely be the crowd I would want to play to.
Hip-hop I never really got really into mainly just because I'm not a big fan of rap. I do like R&B artists like Beyonce. I'm a big fan of her mainly because of her vocals. They're just so awesome. I love her and Christina Aguilera, and that whole urban kind of feel is really great, especially with my voice.
When I was little, I had this old video camera, and I set it up, and I would pretend that I was on comedy shows and soap operas and things like that.
When you think Selena Gomez, you think 'celebrity.' But really, she does so many things for me. She's very caring. Before she goes on stage, she's a goofy girl. She's fun-loving and totally lovable, which I say in the most honest way. She's not even a celebrity to me; she's just a really cool person.
I'm one of those people who laughs everything off. If I mess up, I just say, 'Ha! Totally didn't mean to do that.'
Honestly, 'Side A' is supposed to be a project just from my heart and whatever is happening in my heart at the time, and I want 'Side B' to also fit that same thing.
I can't put anyone even really close to Christina Aguilera besides Stacie Orrico.
Most of all, I like to sing my heart out to lyrics that really speak to people.
I'm that girl that's a hardcore musician and loves to sing and write and play instruments but, at the same time, loves video games, metal music, and just being a goofy person.
There's a band called Pantera that I listen to, and then Metallica's 'And Justice for All.' If you listen to a little bit of that before you go on stage, you're pretty much set for the whole show.
I'm a perfectionist, so everything I put out needs to be, like, 100 percent. So when it comes to releasing things on my YouTube channel, I triple-quadruple check it before I post it because this has got to be ready for the amount of people who are going to be watching, for sure.
'The Voice' gave me the exposure that YouTube was never able to provide for me, just because I didn't have a label or that kind of opportunity before. It also kind of trained me as person and performer with an audience.
When I write music, I know a lot of artists like Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran tend to write from personal experience. I write from personal experience, of course, but I don't limit myself to that.
Just being a girl coming from YouTube, I know what it's like to have a very humble, simple beginning. It would be kinda crazy for my fans if I made it huge in that way and became the next big thing. I wanna be able to do it for them and say, 'Look, this is what you've done for me.'
I want to be able to show people that I have flaws and they have flaws, too. And you know what that means? No one out there is perfect.
I write my own music. By myself, on a computer, I program guitar and piano.
I have no boyfriend. No time. None send me over the moon, so I just kind of do my thing.
I'm an independent. I've signed with no label.
My new song 'Shrug' I created with two guys. The idea was a message about ignoring haters. People one-up you, stay true to yourself.
Los Angeles traffic is just the worst thing in the world. It throws off timing so much. However, it's always warm and sunny. New Jersey has absolutely terrible weather, but the environment is really homey and chill.
I've absolutely fought against having to be half-naked to sell a track.
People tell you what you have to wear and do, and I've never been a fan of it.
I just wanted to finally release something that sounded really fun, and 'Must Be Love' is that song! I'm telling you, I went to the Philippines and sang that live for everyone, and everyone was singing along, and I thought, 'Wow!' Everyone was singing this song back to me because everyone loves love.
If you really watch 'The Voice' and follow Adam, he's very ADD. He's kind of one place here, and then he's over here the next minute; he's kind of all over the place. When it comes down to being very serious, and especially when we were talking about the finale song, he's actually very serious, and he's a very good listener.
I know the fans are very personable with my mom and things like that. They make little collages and pictures. They make edits of me and my mom together.
I've always loved music and was singing from the age of seven on karaoke.
I used to make cassette tapes but never thought about making a career of it.
I first went on YouTube aged 15, and people were saying, 'Why not do this cover?' Then they wanted to hear my own stuff live, and it escalated from there. Selena Gomez's parents found my videos and manage me to this day.
Confidence is not 'they will like me'. Confidence instead is 'I'll be fine if they don't'.Collection: Fine
Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be, that's stupid. So be yourself.Collection: Being Yourself
People aren't born strong. people grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations learning not to run from them.Collection: Running
No matter what society is trying to drill in your head about how you should look, how you should act, and what you need to say, I think it's all crap. All of it. Be yourself and do you.Collection: Being Yourself
Be different; be unique; be yourself.Collection: Being Yourself
I'm not perfect, but I believe my faith in Jesus Christ will really take me far in the world!Collection: Jesus
If It's your passion and you want to do it for the rest of your life, why would comments stop you from doing that?Collection: Passion
I want longevity; I love music, being a musician is the greatest gift in the world to me, and if I were to get signed to a label, my family and team around me are always gonna be there to make sure they want the very best for me. My fans are what it's all about.Collection: Team
Don't let the idiots that like to bring you down, succeed in discouraging you. I let it get to me a while ago, and let me tell you, it feels SO good to come up under it!Collection: Succeed
If you can't find what's unique, people aren't going to listen.Collection: Unique
Please, please, PLEASE be yourself. If you catch yourself not, take a step back.Collection: Being Yourself
Be respectful to your peers and yourself, of course. Don't be a jerk. But at the same time don't settle for anything less than yourself.Collection: Peers
Most of all I like to sing my heart out to lyrics that really speak to people.Collection: Heart
I've seen too many celebrities fall from their morals, and I wanna come up under that and be THAT girl that doesn't need a scandal to make herself look better.Collection: Girl
I only wish to climb even higher during the rest of my career bc with the power of Team Grimmie, I won't stop.Collection: Team