Taryn Manning
It's really hard for actors to cross over and get any respect as a singer, and if I could just keep it separate and not use my music in movies, it's cool.Collection: Cool
Alison Lohman is an amazing actress. I was so proud to work with her.Collection: Amazing
My singing is my hobby. It's me and my brother. We just enjoy writing music.Collection: Music
It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound now.Collection: Amazing
I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.
The most interesting place I've gone on location was New Orleans.
I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.
It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.
That's why I'm an actress, to do something completely opposite from myself.
I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.
I play, in real life, Kim, who is actually Marshall Mathers ex-wife as of now. She lies and says she is pregnant because she really wants to keep him and he figures her out.
After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life.
My dad was a musician and I traveled around with him, so it was something that I knew.
Some people might say I need to learn how to relax.
There's really nothing else I'm going to do with my life. I'd be useless if I weren't singing or acting.
When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy.
As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it.
I would say our sound is soul pop.
It was Britney's movie. I liked that movie. It didn't get too much love, but a lot of people really liked it.
Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world.
I just had to find something else to fulfill me. Always being a singer and writing, it was a blessing. My brother started making music that was the kind of music I always saw myself singing.
I would go visit my mom on Sundays, and my brother was working on stuff. I'd go in there and sing a little melody, then we started working with words and the next thing you know it was just born organically without really trying.
After we wrote The Wreckoning, our record label did listen.
Lauren Hill, I always have her solo CD nearby. I have Coldplay, Radiohead, just a mix.
I'm not really into movies on dates because you can't chat it up.
I'm definitely the worker. My brother is the jokester.
We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought of centering a song around.
It's actually harder to write a fun song.
If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
Through teaching myself how to be happy and get through things, I hope I can also do that for other people.
I'm very, very, very, very spiritual. I grew up in an organized religion, I went to Sunday school as a kid. I'm very grateful that there was religion. I think it instills a good moral compass.Collection: Spiritual
I've made money doing things I love. DJing was a hobby. When I bought my turntables my mom said, "Oh what now, Taryn?" But it became pretty fruitful right away. I come from a very music-oriented family.Collection: Mom
My whole thing is I like to hang around winners, I like winning spirits, I have zero tolerance for jealousy.Collection: Zero
I feel the craziest people are sometimes the most intelligent.Collection: Intelligent
I've had ups and downs but always maintained I was a working actor, which is a beautiful thing.Collection: Beautiful
Acting, I love it and I feel that I'm good at it, but the thing that makes me feel most alive is when I'm playing guitar and singing.Collection: Guitar
Every time I'm not on a project, I'm writing or in the studio or doing gigs DJing.Collection: Writing
With acting, I get to escape into this character and embody it. With music it's like, "Hey guys, this is my diary, here's all my feelings."Collection: Character
There's really nothing else I'm going to do with my life. I'd be useless if I weren't singing or actingCollection: Singing
The reason I love acting is because I feel like acting is all about listening.Collection: Listening
It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourageCollection: Different
The most interesting place I've gone on location was New OrleansCollection: New Orleans
I never wanted to stop. I feel like to the day I die I'll play guitar and sing.Collection: Guitar
It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound nowCollection: Fun
My dad was a musician and I traveled around with him, so it was something that I knewCollection: Dad
Pride is the community coming together and showing that love is real.Collection: Real
I'm not a part of any organized practices, but I believe heavily on love and the universe and what you give is what you get.Collection: Believe
The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positiveCollection: Song