Top 70 Andy Grammer Quotes

For me, it’s always been about a mix of hip-hop, acoustic singer/songwriters, and piano rock. I pull all those together. Each song may lean more heavily on one than the other, but they all have all three pieces.

I tend to be an all-in-type of guy, so I get in a zone to write, and then that’s all I do. I’ll spend eight hours doing nothing but chasing that one song. That’s what works for me.

If I write a sad song, at the end it’s gotta be like, ‘Dude, things are looking up!’

When I hear an interview that I’ve done, and I’ve said ‘like’ a bunch of times, it just cheapens the sentiment.

I think I’m genuinely sincere, and that’s what hopefully makes it work. I take that very seriously when I’m writing.

For each person, they live their life and their truth and how it works for them, and that’s just kind of how it works for me. I’m not good at doing whatever the other way is – it wouldn’t work for me.

Even a song like ‘Give Love,’ in my head, there’s a question as I’m writing it, going, ‘Is this cheesy? Is it too on the nose to say ‘give love?”

I don’t know how to dance, and I don’t have any extra flexible skills.

You hear a lot of songs that are about people cheating or about infidelity. I haven’t really heard one before about connecting with the noble part of yourself. I know it sounds a little bit cheesy, but that’s the real deal. There are a lot of people who are making a genuinely good, sweet decision on a daily basis.

You get way better from playing to the passing public. You learn how to entertain. But it took me a good three years out on the promenade to figure that out. You also learn what makes them stop dead in their tracks and what doesn’t.

It’s like freedom of speech – they can’t tell you not to do it. When no one will put you on at a club or venue, you can go to the street, just start singing, and get a lot of good feedback from people as they walk by. I got really good at lip reading and seeing if a song is working. It was a good way to start.

Any time you make the transfer of ‘I’ve created something, and I’m giving it to you, and I hope it makes you happy,’ that’s good.

I’ve been surfing several times, and I’m terrible at it. But what I found was that you’re usually waiting on the board, hanging out, watching the waves come in. And one that you think is a big wave is not actually one.

I love ‘Seinfeld.’

As an artist, you have an opportunity to get in and move things around in people.

The fact that people put on ‘Honey, I’m Good’ to get their day started – that’s really sweet.

Well, there are two kinds of happiness, grounded and ungrounded. Ungrounded happiness is cheesy and not based on reality. Grounded happiness is informed happiness based on the knowledge that the world sometimes sucks, but even then you have to believe in yourself.

I grew up a huge jock, a lot of basketball and football. We had a pond in my back yard growing up, and we played a lot of hockey, too. I loved to score goals.

I’m just trying to write things that resonate with people. And when we’re all going through something together, I think you smile after that – I hope that people leave inspired after one of my shows.

What’s so wonderful about the street is it’s organic music. No preservatives. There’s no other reason to be out there except you just love music and want to play.

I love me some ‘Family Guy.’

When I get back with band, the lights, and the whole production, that’s me with the full artillery. A quick radio performance keeps me sharp for the big show.

I think that’s what makes a great show: when the performers onstage aren’t putting on a show, they’re legitimately just having a freaking awesome time.

Touring is really hard because you’re gone for three months at a time.

I do radio gigs, three-minute spots, solo shows, so I still get plenty of practice at the sniper attack – me at a piano or with a guitar, having to win people over fast.

My third album, that will definitely be about this little girl and the process of watching your wife get pregnant. It’s crazy.

The first song that I had that went platinum was ‘Keep Your Head Up,’ which was a long time ago. Then, you get ‘one-hit wonder’ with that.

Seeing what kinds of songs work in other cities and other parts of the world was pretty eye-opening. I know it changed how I approached the second record big-time.

It’s not hard to create a song, but to write a song that’s really going affect somebody? That takes a hell of a lot of time.

‘Fresh Eyes’ was my own little discovery of having been in a relationship for a while and realizing that my favorite part of it is being surprised.

Once you see the impact that you have on people, either at a meet and greet or after a show, you think, ‘Oh man, they need to feel better today.’

Sure, yes, there are smoking-hot girls. But my girlfriend’s smoking hot, my wife, whatever.

I wrote my first single, ‘Keep Your Head Up,’ and that’s what got me on the radio and helped me develop a whole base around the country.

I’m a big fan of talking about God. Whether people believe in God or not, that’s so fascinating. Or where you go when you die is fascinating.

Street performing can be a great teaching ground and a barometer for what you’re doing. It’s rough and unforgiving at times, but it can be wild and fun and a real open canvas for your creativity.

Life is hard, but there are moments, sometimes hours – and, if you’re really lucky, full days – where everything feels just right.

Anytime I hear songs that are so honest, whether they make the person who’s singing it look good or not, there’s a level of honesty that resonates with people.

There are pretty girls all over the place. But there are still a lot of people standing strong, doing their thing in loving relationships, actually staying true. I wanted to write an honest love song from that point of view.

You have to do what you want to do, and I genuinely believe that if you start interacting in the world that way that there is a respect in that.

The first album was more born from busking – they were the ‘me-and-my-guitar’ songs. Going out on the road and opening for big acts changes you. You look out at those audiences and start to think, ‘OK, I need to write some music that’s a little bit bigger.’

The alarm on my wife’s phone is ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered,’ so that’s a great way to wake up.

I am so blessed and lucky.

Everyone deals with temptation. It’s just there.

When you’re spending eight to 10 hours out there, the homeless guy is no longer homeless; it’s Dave. They become people to you. I think we’re really good in this country about saying that they’re homeless and, therefore, they don’t exist.

It’s a weird business. You’re trying to write something that’s built on magic, which is pretty stressful.

You either create something there on the street, or nothing happens. It’s brutal. But if you go through that for two or three years, it really toughens you up.

I love magic. Like, ‘pull a scarf out of your fake thumb’ magic. I have a legit bag of ‘Magic Stuff’ in my garage.

From losing my mom, I’ll never be okay; I’ll never be put together again.

I’m from New York, so I’m simultaneously a snob and will also eat any pizza you put in front of me.

You need to be growing and getting better, and in L.A., it’s so hard to get bookings. You literally have to pay clubs to book you. It’s pay to play, and then you only get 30 minutes. That’s no way to get good.

‘The Good Parts’ is me telling as much as I can of the deeper sides of myself that I haven’t shared before. It’s like an onion that gets deeper every time you cut it.

There’s two things that are tough when you’re trying to be a songwriter: Number one is, how do I write a great song? The second thing is, how do I write a great song that’s right for me?

I am happy to join AutoNation in the fight against cancer. This disease hits close to home for me with the loss of my mom in 2009. Raising awareness and finding a cure is really important to me.

One of my passions in life is to try to inspire people. I don’t know if that sounds cheesy, but I genuinely love to do that.

Basketball was every day of my life. Wake up with a ball – sometimes I’d sleep with it because someone told me that was better for you.

I loved all sports, and New York’s a pretty good sports town, and the Giants – I don’t know why we chose the Giants over the Jets, but we chose the Giants.

Whether it’s a 16-year old girl, or a mom, or a guy, or anybody, as long as they come up and they’re excited to meet me ’cause they’ve had some sort of relationship with something I’ve created, it’s the coolest thing ever. It never gets old. It’s awesome.

Album 1 is proving that you’re worth listening to, album 2 is proving that it wasn’t a fluke, and album 3 is the most authentic thing I’ve ever done.

We’ve all got vices, and we’re all freakin’ trying.

You can’t have Thanksgiving and not just be like, ‘All right, where’s the football.’ It’s been branded very, very well. You can’t have one without the other at this point.

A lot of the albums that I’ve been really into are like, ‘Oh man. That doesn’t make him look like a perfect human. That actually shows his warts and his scars, and for some reason, I’m super drawn to him now because he shared that or she shared that with me.’