“ It's always times like these when I think of you and I wonder if you ever think of me. Vanessa Carlton
“ But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party. Vanessa Carlton
“ Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop. Vanessa Carlton
“ And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about. Vanessa Carlton
“ My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, th… Vanessa Carlton
“ I have gone from being a 21-year-old with wide eyes to a 24-year-old woman. With success comes a lot of responsibility and power. Vanessa Carlton
“ I learned a lot from that first record and I learned a lot from my experiences touring, but really the biggest education I got over the past two years was learning the importance of arrangements. Vanessa Carlton
“ I was very lucky to be offered a lovely piece of property to build a career on. I started building a house on it, but it wasn't necessarily a house I would want to live in. So I ripped down that house… Vanessa Carlton
