I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Myself, Alone, Doing, Lot
Once I got a record contract, and I took my songs which weren't quite finished, or maybe they were a good idea, maybe they weren't. I took them into the studio and developed them. They came to life and they evolved... and they're great.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Idea, Maybe, Studio, Contract
Well, Winnepeg has everything to do with my music in the sense it was where I was born and raised, cultured and all that sort of thing. A lot of my experiences come from Winnepeg.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Born, I Was Born, Raised, Cultured
Of course, I would be depressed sometimes, and my Mom would be worried about me because I would just sleep to escape. Cause I was so scared of being a musician or artist, or whatever you want to call it.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Artist, Want, Sometimes, Musician
When I was 21, I got into a motorcycle accident while traveling in Europe and I had to lie around a lot in the aftermath, which was really the first time in my life that I became really focused and inspired to write.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Lie, My Life, Became, Europe
Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Small, Weddings, Became, Backup
Actually, no, because awards don't spark sales as much as you'd think.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Think, Awards, Actually, Spark
I think it's important to really press on with the song writing and just go with it. There's no code, there's no craft... it's just let yourself shine through your music. If it's meant to be loved and heard, it'll happen.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Through, I Think, Code, Meant To Be
Making sleep happen is a must - anytime, anywhere, from a plane to a train to an automobile. Ideally, I like to get eight to ten hours a night, though I'll take it broken up in two segments if I have to.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Two, Plane, Anywhere, Train
I've built a solid career there, but America's ten times the size. Now that we're onto the third record, I feel like the stars have aligned and American audiences are embracing my music even more.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Career, American, Feel, Embracing
I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a wide range of emotions.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Emotions, Wide Range, Wide, Melancholy
Generally my feeling is that I think women are just in a universal way coming out, coming to their own more. And they have more opportunity, and basically we're equal.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Think, More, I Think, Women Are
If I'm writing strictly for others, how does that show what I'm experiencing or thinking? I just got to a point where I realized I could be as personal as I wanted to be and people could relate to those situations if they so choose.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Thinking, Choose, Show, Strictly
I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive about what's affecting you instead of trying to sing about a subject just for the sake of other people getting something from it.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Through, Other, Records, Experienced
Maybe in past years, perhaps women didn't feel quite as comfortable with revealing themselves, and their skills and their crafts... and now we are, so we're out there, just like the guys.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Past, Like, Maybe, Crafts
If certain songs become popular enough to the point where I'll be playing them the rest of my life, I don't want them all to dwell on the same down moment that I'll have to keep reliving.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
My Life, Down, Dwell, Reliving
To be honest, I'm not as goal oriented and ambitious as I once was.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Goal, Once, Ambitious, To Be Honest
I can't say I want to earn a particular award or sell a certain number of records, because even if I do that, the satisfaction only lasts five minutes.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Records, Minutes, Lasts, Five
I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of all that really matters to me.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Kind, Some, Really, Secured
I listened to my record and hear lots of influences. And it's very rich... it's got a wide spectrum.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Rich, Very, Wide, Spectrum
The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Flattery, Songs, Add, Awards
And I think it's a real challenge to be up there sometimes with only a keyboard if they don't have a grand piano... and to try to win people over that way. It's really hard.
- Chantal Kreviazuk
Think, Over, Keyboard, Piano
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