Quotes by Melissa Manchester - Page 1

I didn't not perform.
Melissa Manchester / Singer-Songwriter
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I do love to perform. And I'm ever so grateful that this has turned into a job with a future.
Melissa Manchester / Singer-Songwriter
Jobs
Grateful
So Grateful
Perform
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I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.
Melissa Manchester / Singer-Songwriter
Believe
People
Please
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Don't cry out loud, keep it inside, learn how to hide your feelings. Fly high and proud, and if you should fall, remember you almost had it all.
Melissa Manchester / Singer-Songwriter
Inspirational
Fall
Remember You
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Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter.
Melissa Manchester / Singer-Songwriter
Nashville
Song
Writing
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I was part of the first wave of singer/songwriters but I was also in that first wave of singer/songwriters who experienced the music industry when technology started to take over.
Melissa Manchester / Singer-Songwriter
Technology
Firsts
Singers
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A Grammy is a wonderful thing; all of a sudden you're given a new audience but, like anything, you have to be able to grow with these songs if you really want a long artistic career.
Melissa Manchester / Singer-Songwriter
Careers
Long
Song
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You know, somebody mentioned that I was sort of a jazz-pop singer. And I'm thrilled that somebody would find that, at last, in my presentation, because it's such a part of where I live.
Melissa Manchester / Singer-Songwriter
Jazz
Lasts
Presentation
Singers
Mentioned
Thrilled
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I left because I could no longer make records that sounded less and less like me. I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.
Melissa Manchester / Singer-Songwriter
Please
Records
Strength Me People
Believing
Walk
Instead
Longer
The Only Thing
Tried
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Yeah, you know, I performed occasionally. I was in such despair because I just - if I didn't have my music to connect with, I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be doing. There was never a 'B' plan here; it was just this. So it took me a long time to find my way.
Melissa Manchester / Singer-Songwriter
Despair
Long
Way
Yeah
Time Music Me
Time Music Long
Connect
Occasionally
Performed
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Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter. ... I left because I could no longer make records that sounded less and less like me. I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.
Melissa Manchester / Singer-Songwriter
Believe
Song
Writing
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