Top 60 Cody Simpson Quotes

I get to travel so much. I get to see so many different parts of the world. I get to meet new people every day. I experience new cultures, meet new fans from different countries. I get to perform for them, too.

To be honest, the acoustic stuff’s my favorite thing to do.

I want to be a great person, not just a great artist.

A mall was something that I just used to hang out in as a kid. And then you go there, and there’s 4,000 people waiting for you to perform. It’s a big difference.

I found myself in a meeting on my 13th birthday, which I really had no idea the enormity of, but I was in a meeting with the CEO of Atlantic Records, who sort of signed me right then and there as I was playing guitar for him.

With the Internet, fans feel like they know you and I love that kind of connection.

It’s nice to have the creative freedom to write about whatever and no longer feeling those restrictions I had when I was 15.

I’ve really improved, I think, as far as just being able to get up onstage with my guitar and sing.

It’s always good to have someone you want to be like.

Miley Cyrus has always been, always been my childhood celebrity crush. I knew all the words to her songs, I’m not gonna lie. I’m not ashamed about it at all.

Being a public figure a lot of people will really love what you do, but you know there is also a ton of people who will hate on it.

I like to do romantic things in New York. I have a bunch of restaurants that I love to go to and things like that.

I have an ear monitor to block outside noise when I’m performing. It makes it easier. But sometimes I like to take the ear monitor off and listen to the craziness going on.

Miley is one of my best friends, and she helps with some of that transitional stuff – trying to escape your childhood. She’s super open-minded, and I’m working on becoming more like that.

There’s not a lot of ego in the Broadway community. Everyone’s out to do well.

I used to listen to Keith Urban and Johnny Cash and stuff.

I realized I can do other things. I started developing opinions on serious matters and it’s not all sugar and spice.

I’d like to be the best boyfriend I can possibly be.

I have a good time performing for girls. I think the guys will come when I grow up musically. We’ll see.

My main focus now is playing the guitar. I’m not really like, dancing on stage anymore.

My first taste of theater was my middle school play. We did ‘The Jungle Book.’ I auditioned for Mowgli, which I didn’t get. I ended up playing a part as one of the monkeys.

I’m always online, 24/7 Facebooking and tweeting, because that’s where my fans are.

Music is just where I sort of write my emotions down.

I love being able to connect with my friends and I want them to feel as close to me as possible.

I’ve grown up listening to Jack Johnson and John Mayer. But I also love to groove on stage like Justin Timberlake.

My accent fades away I guess when I sing. It’s real weird. I guess singing is pretty much a universal language like you sing however everyone else sings and that’s with an American accent. I sound very different when I talk.

The very first time I came to The States I came right to New York and I remember walking around Times Square, I saw a couple of shows and I thought, ‘I’d love to come here and do this.’

No pop for me. Pop’s dead in my mind.

To have all my hard work pay off is amazing.

My cell phone is the number one way for me to communicate with my fans. I love the direct connection I can make via social media whether I am on the road or at home.

Our society is set up in a way that’s so against the natural state of nature, and the way it’s all initially intended to be. I kind of have to – not rebel, but peacefully rebel, in a sense – and do my part to protect it, regardless of the way that society is set up.

I’m like the male Taylor Swift.

Actually, I did get to help very much in the design of the Cody doll. I made sure the clothes were cool and everything.

You know, as far as public perception goes, if you get seen with some people one time, everyone thinks you’re in that group.

I feel like I’ve visited everywhere in The States and done the whole touristy thing.

Intelligence is the sexiest thing in the world.

You can say, ‘Put your hands up.’ And 30,000 people put their hands up. It’s one of the craziest things.

I conceived of a concept, a project, a band. The Tide. The Tide, acting as a sonic exemplar of flow and fluidity. The way of things. The way of nature. Guitars, rock and surf music, psychedelia, transcendence from everyday bourgeois consciousness.

I’m a big perfectionist, and I like to make sure everything 120 percent, from the production to the vocal performance to the lyrics, the melody and everything.

It’s insane to have a first album, the first morning of it coming out, it’s insane.

It’s nice to have a lot of people supportive of what I’m doing.

My dad really inspired me to start playing music.

I grew up a competitive swimmer. I wanted to go the Olympics. Both my parents were professional swimmers. I competed internationally quite often, right up until I moved to California to pursue music.

I think ‘Free’ captured a moment in my life where I was finding myself. There’s a lot of content on there about breaking free and just developing your own philosophies, and ideologies, or world views or whatever.

Everyone was like, ‘Yeah this kid won’t be able to sing when his voice changes, he’ll have no career.’ But it’s gotten much better.

I feel like at 18, you’re half of someone else, as opposed to all of yourself. You’re still figuring yourself out.

I think everyone should get out and go for a surf.

As a musician, you want to be your own favorite artist and be able to make the music that is an accumulation of all your favorite influences.

I like girls who are laid back and fun to be around.

I grew up on the beach and I grew up surfing and I grew up swimming in this very genuine beach town back in Australia, and it’s just something I really want to reflect in my lifestyle and in the way I am, the way I represent myself, the way I dress and the music that I make.

I think typically you’d start in a supporting role or an ensemble role, or maybe even an off-Broadway role. So to come into a lead role on Broadway, especially taking over a role that has been played by two phenomenal actors in the past, that is some large shoes to fill.

I worked hard on giving my fans and giving the world a big piece of myself through the music.

Having pop sensibilities from my past and also being a lead blues and sort of rock guitarist allowed me to bring that kind of beachy rock groove.

John Mayer is the epitome of the lead guitar player so I sent him an email with a bunch of my music and he sent back really detailed advice.

As a songwriter who uses lyrics to connect with others, it made perfect sense for me to partner with Hallmark, the leading greeting card brand that also uses words to help people make meaningful connections.

The Wish Factory did a tremendous job and I am amazed at how closely the doll resembles me. The clothes are modeled off actual stuff I wear, which is pretty cool.

People feel so much more comfortable bullying behind a screen than in person. It gives them a mystique and makes them say things that they would never be strong enough to say in person.

Vocally, I had never taken a lesson when I put out my videos. It was just a lot of fun. I had watched my dad play guitar, so I just sort of did the same thing.

This sounds weird, but some of my concerts have been kind of dangerous sometimes. I’ve had a few girls actually sent to the hospital because they faint and all that kind of stuff, which is really, really weird to me.

I write about everything that happens in my life, whether or not the songs actually are released or not.