Quotes by Cody Simpson - Page 2

Actually, I did get to help very much in the design of the Cody doll. I made sure the clothes were cool and everything.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Doll
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Stuff that's really not that bad is made a big deal. People like to do that about everyone. You just gotta deal with it.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Big Deal
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To be honest, romantic comedies are one of my favorite type of movies ever. I've seen most of them that are under the sun.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Romantic Comedies
To Be Honest
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It's nice to have the creative freedom to write about whatever and no longer feeling those restrictions I had when I was 15.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Creative
Longer
Restrictions
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You know, as far as public perception goes, if you get seen with some people one time, everyone thinks you're in that group.
Cody Simpson / Singer
One Time
Perception
Time People Know
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I like a girl that's just fun to be around. They make me laugh, but also they're faithful and honest. And it's all in the eyes.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Girl
Faithful
Fun
Honest
Make Me Laugh
Eyes
Laugh
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I want my music to be able to tell a story about what I've experienced and what I think my fans will be able to understand also.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Fans
Stories
Thinking
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Love Hate People
Public Figure
Ton
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I have a fresh start, now that I've turned 18, which feels like such a symbolic age of independence and hopefully a new phase of my life.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Independence
Fresh Start
Symbolic
Life Age Start
Phase
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Epitome
Guitar Player
Mayer
Detailed
Lead Guitar
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Accumulate
Music Your Own
Influences
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All my close friends are normal dudes and then I will hang out with some girl who is a musician and everyone thinks that's what it's all about.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Close Friends
Will Everyone Who
Dudes
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I wasn't exactly sure where I wanted to take my music and how I wanted to be portrayed, and it was sort of, not done for me, but more directed.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Music Done Me
Directed
Music Me Done
Portrayed
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Groove
Guitarist
Blues
Sensibilities
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Ashamed
Childhood
Crush
Lie
Gonna
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I'm a seeker of transcendence through music, and that's kind of where I'm at with the live shows - wanting to help people get out of their heads a little bit.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Little Bit
Music Where People
Music People Live
Bit
Heads
Help People
Live Shows
Seeker
Wanting
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Lesson
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Melody
Vocal
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Big Difference
Mall
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Amazed
Cool I Am Me
Closely
Tremendous
Doll
Factory
Modeled
Resembles
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Cell Phone
Communicate
Direct
Fans
Media
Social Media
Love Home I Am
Cell
Connection
Direct Connection
Phone
Number
Via
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Craziness
Noise
Ear
Monitor
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Jungle
Middle School
School Play
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For me, it's more about the musicianship - focusing on the guitar, playing with my band, rather than just going out and doing what anyone my age can do with backup dancers and a track.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Backup
Band
Guitar Playing
Musicianship
Track
Dancers
Focusing
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Bullying
Mystique
Enough People Feel
Be Strong
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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.'
Cody Simpson / Singer
Times Square
Love Time Remember
Square
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Escape
Transitional
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
California
Grew
Moved
Olympics
Pursue
Swimmer
Quite
Both My Parents
Competitive
Parents
Internationally
Professional
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Sometimes I wish there could be a little more mystery and I'd been an artist in the 1960s when you could release your music and play the shows and no one would know anything about you other than that.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Release
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For Valentine's Day, I wrote my crush a song and had it professionally recorded. I never released it, though, because I wanted it to be a song just for her. I thought it would be more special that way.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Valentine
Valentine's Day
Crush
Special
Professionally
Released
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Connections
Hallmark
Meaningful
Me People Words
Card
Me Words People
Greeting
Help People
Partner
Uses
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Different Countries
Cultures
Experience Travel World
New People
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Captured
Developing
Views
Life Myself Moment
Breaking
Ideologies
Philosophies
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I really like 'Wish U Were Here.' It's about being on tour, but really missing someone and wishing she was there with me. I shot the music video at different places all around the country, where I've been on tour.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Missing
Music Me Country
Different Places
Music Video
Wishing
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Concerts
Faint
Hospital
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Fades
Universal Language
Accent
American Accent
Everyone Else
Sings
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Birthday
Ceo
No Idea
Records
Myself Guitar Me
Atlantic
Enormity
Meeting
Signed
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Obviously spending my teenage years in music, and in popular music, I wanted to continue this career, but in a way that allows me to dictate it and create it myself as opposed to relying on third party or more corporate decision making.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Corporate
Decision
Party
Popular Music
Spending
Teenage
Teenage Years
Music Myself Me
Dictate
Opposed
Popular
Obviously
Relying
Third
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Bourgeois
Consciousness
Everyday
Flow
Fluidity
Surf
Conceived
Guitars
Sonic
Tide
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Swimming is definitely a big passion that I have, but I was a champion for the butterfly and the free style and stuff. It was a hard decision if I wanted to move to the U.S. to get into music, but I was grateful that I had two choices and many things to do.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Butterfly
Swimming
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Nature Society Way
Initially
Intended
Natural State
Peacefully
Regardless
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Broadway
Ensemble
Fill
Lead Role
Supporting
Supporting Role
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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.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Beach
Genuine
Lifestyle
Surfing
Swimming
Just Something
Reflect
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I think it's important to be able to write stuff that's personal to you and stuff that you'll really be able to understand what you're singing about and be able to truly sing it. Because if you're singing a song that someone's written for you and you really can't relate to it, it's hard to sing that song.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Song
Thinking
Writing
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I guess over the course of time, I started to open up to a lot of the issues surrounding the oceans. From my personal experience, being out in the water and seeing plastics floating around and thinking they are jellyfish and realizing they're plastic bags. I'm always that guy that will take it into the shore.
Cody Simpson / Singer
Bags
Floating
Plastic
Realizing
Shore
Oceans
Personal Experience
Surrounding
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