Top 25 Vonda Shepard Quotes

The last thing I wanted was a big paycheck but no inspiration or support.

We’ve been waiting for a format like triple-A where you can hear Crowded House, Joni Mitchell and R.E.M.

I was born singing. My father tells this story about when I was 3 weeks old, how I would rock in the crib and sing in the crib all night long. My crib would roll across the floor in the middle of the night. Finally, my father nailed its legs to the floor.

I can’t really stop doing the music because it really feeds me.

I spend a lot of time working in the studio as a producer, not just a singer.

My advice is if you have to do music, then do it! There’s no choice in your heart and your soul – unless you have that kind of great need, desire and determination, it’s pretty tough out there!

At first, I wanted to start my own label, but it was such a full-time job that it became too much.

James Ralston, my guitar player, has performed with Tina Turner for about 22 years. Jim Hanson on bass has played with Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell and Bruce Springsteen, and they’re fantastic musicians and amazing singers they get a really cool vocal sound together.

I had a hard-core cult following of at least 12.

I’m not just a chick singer who sings high all the time.

I had a very artistic bohemian childhood. My father was an actor and a mime.

Success was overnight, but it was a very long night.

The biggest similarity between me and my character is that we’ve both played clubs for 20 years. In real life, the clubs aren’t quite as controlled – and my hair isn’t quite as in place as it is on ‘Ally McBeal.’

I always give the audience a variety because I want to make sure they hear the favorites and all that.

I just kept making records, touring in Europe a lot, and then I had a baby in 2006, so my life has been very, very much family-orientated.

I don’t have much time for TV shows, but if I did, I’d watch ‘Seinfeld’ reruns.

I seem to be drawn to the really romantic songs.

Having drive is a big part of success, along with integrity. You need to have a clear vision of what you want and take the steps to achieve it, even if that sometimes means playing gigs in tiny clubs.

My mom always wanted to go to Maryland to live there. Baltimore, actually. She had a best friend who lived there. She kept saying that she was going to move there and make that her home, but she only made it halfway across the country and got stuck in Iowa.

I would advise anyone starting out as a singer/songwriter to play live as much possible. You never know who might be in the audience.

I thought nothing would ever happen for me. My whole life had been geared toward being a singer, and it wasn’t clicking.

My nature is to worry about everything too much.

Playing clubs is the ultimate – you see the faces; you hear the ‘clicking’ glasses – I love all that atmosphere and seeing people’s mouths singing the words to the songs.

I love pop music, but I don’t want to be Celine Dion.

I could have become a mime or a juggler, but I became a singer-songwriter instead.