Andra Day Quotes:- Andra Day (born December 30, 1984) is an American singer and songwriter from San Diego, California. Her debut album, Cheers to the Fall, was released in 2015 and peaked at number 48 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
At the 2016 Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best R&B Album and the album’s main single, “Rise Up”, was nominated for Best R&B Performance.
Inspirational Andra Day Quotes
“Whichever chord progressions move me, whether its rock, jazz, doo-wop or soul, I’m going to put it together and not be worried about whether people can put it in a lane or not.”-Andra Day
“I style my hair so frequently that I need a really good conditioner to keep it moisturized.”-Andra Day
“I play with doing a forehead bun a lot, just a Bantu knot right in front of the forehead and keep it in with a clip. And I like doing real pinup styles but based on my natural hair.”-Andra Day
“I danced for a while, and I knew I could sing, so I just began singing in a praise band at church and doing musical theater and jazz vocal performance in school. One didn’t really lead to another; I was just always interested in the performance arts.”-Andra Day
“For the record, I am not Stevie Wonder’s wife, and no, I am not his child.”-Andra Day
“I like the Victory rolls, beehive, pompadour – all of that stuff. It’s just cool. And actually, with ethnic hair, oddly enough, it works so well because I don’t have to tease my hair to get a body.”-Andra Day
“I went to a performing arts school, and we studied musical theater, jazz vocal performance, and they kind of start you out on those things because they feel like it is a good foundation, and it was.”-Andra Day
Andra Day Love Quotes
“Tony Bennett is an iconic jazz legend.”-Andra Day
“I always knew I wanted to be a performance artist.”-Andra Day
“At a young age, I wanted to be a prima ballerina and had these grand ideas that I would go to study at Juilliard. It’s something I laugh about now.”-Andra Day
“My prayers are being answered for my career. These are prayers I’ve been praying for as a kid.”-Andra Day
“I want people to… not be afraid of their truth.”-Andra Day
“No matter how dark or precarious it may seem, continue to pursue your truth.”-Andra Day
“I think gratitude is a big thing. It puts you in a place where you’re humble.”-Andra Day
“When I was 20, I wanted to be famous and win a Grammy and have people respect and love me.”-Andra Day
“I’m very obsessed with the pop culture of the mid-century and it goes hand-in-hand with the music that I studied in school.”-Andra Day
“I think fashion and artistry go hand in hand.”-Andra Day
“The visuals are equally as important as the music. It’s all a complete experience.”-Andra Day
“It’s hard to remember my childhood without remembering music.”-Andra Day
Best Andra Day Quotes
“I was always inundated with music, whether it be my mother’s favorites like Fleetwood Mac and Carole King and the Carpenters, or my dad’s jazz music.”-Andra Day
“I established early what I was and wasn’t willing to accept. People tried to say what I had to do, whether it be pop or R&B, to be successful. Even when I was in the girl group, they would try to make our voices sound very radio-friendly and fit that mold. But even before I got signed, I knew who I was and who I wanted to be.”-Andra Day
“Once you see how powerful music is and how it can affect people, then you want to use it to impact the world.”-Andra Day
“I feel like fear is a very real thing, a very ubiquitous thing, and it can be very subtle.”-Andra Day
“The album ‘Cheers to the Fall’ is really kind of me breaking out and being like, ‘Listen, I don’t care about criticism, and I don’t care about the possibility of failure. I’m going to do it. And if I do fail, well then, here’s to it.”-Andra Day
“When I graduated, everyone was like, ‘You got to do pop and R&B to make it,’ like very contemporary pop and R&B. I tried for a little while, but I just realized my voice wasn’t quite fitting some of the records that I was doing.”-Andra Day
“Soul music is true to its name. It’s music that connects to your soul, your spirit. When music resonates with people’s spirit like that when people can emotionally connect with something or it helps to heal them, transform them, that never goes out of style. People will always need something to relate to.”-Andra Day
Andra Day Quotes and Sayings
“My sister and I – she’s a musician – we jam all the time. We always play around for giggles with stuff that seem unconventional or stuff that seems funny. A lot of the stuff sometimes is just a response from jam sessions in her room, so she’ll be on the guitar or the keyboard, and we’ll just start singing and doing stuff.”-Andra Day
“I struggled academically in high school because it was hard to focus. It was hard to focus on those things that were other than artistic stuff.”-Andra Day
“I try to not go, ‘I’m writing a pop song.’ Music is inherently genre-bending.”-Andra Day
“I’m inherently a chameleon… to not evolve is to not live.”-Andra Day
“Throughout my life, I’ve had consistent DNA.”-Andra Day
“Performing at the TMCF Awards Gala is so exciting.”-Andra Day
“The most amazing thing is being on stage and watching the audience sing every song lyric for lyric.”-Andra Day
“My idols are singers like Billie Holiday and Erykah Badu because there’s no gloss on what they do.”-Andra Day
“I’ve always wanted to be a woman who isn’t afraid to tell her story.”-Andra Day
“I’m very particular but very thrifty at the same time.”-Andra Day
“I didn’t want to box it in or say this show caters to this type of person… I think the tide of music is changing. We don’t have to worry about the rules. We should just do what feels good.”-Andra Day
Best Quotes by Andra Day
“I’m a huge Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu fan, so working with those two in any capacity would be a dream.”-Andra Day
“I’m grateful and enjoying the ride.”-Andra Day
“If it looks like your grandma’s bedsheets, I’ll put it on my body.”-Andra Day
“When I’m not working, I still love bright colors and patterns, but I choose pieces that are much more casual – I call it my lazy pinup look.”-Andra Day
“I consider each performance to be an intimate conversation between me and the audience members.”-Andra Day
“Musically, I try not to box things in. I try to just play around this spectrum of influences: soul, jazz, and hip-hop.”-Andra Day
“I’m excited for the audiences to hear the title track, ‘Cheers to the Fall,’ plus ‘Red Flags’ and ‘Rearview.'”-Andra Day
“My family wasn’t in the music business, but they loved music.”-Andra Day
“I want people to know my truth. The unconditional love of God and each other.”-Andra Day
“My father loved music. He loved Motown and R&B, and my mother loved Journey and Fleetwood Mac, so they were always listening to it and playing it.”-Andra Day
Top 10 Andra Day Quotes And Sayings
“I pray, read the word, and then creative stuff happens here. Problem-solving and all of that comes into that space. So ‘Da Box’ actually represents my sanctuary and that time. I might look trapped in a box, but I’m actually more free in that box than anyone on the outside looking in or in any other space in my life.”-Andra Day
“I was a dancer for a long time. And you always hear that ballet is the core of dance, and that – once you have that down – you can do everything else. For me, jazz is like that for music.”-Andra Day
“I love hip-hop, and everybody knows that.”-Andra Day
“Foreknowledge is a wonderful thing.”-Andra Day
“It was so surreal, having my parents hear the President and First Lady saying to me, ‘Good to see you again! We’re so proud of you. We watched you on the Grammys and were like, ‘That’s our girl!'”-Andra Day
“It would have been so awesome to be born in the Thirties and be in your prime in the Fifties. Except for the whole being a black thing, obviously!”-Andra Day
“My band and I are even closer. They’ve grown with me over four years, so we’re closer and closer and closer.”-Andra Day
“At my shows, I like everyone to have a good time… but, I like for us to be real because there’s freedom in that.”-Andra Day
“Actors and singers share common ground in that they both express something.”-Andra Day
“I am happy that I can challenge myself in various fields.”-Andra Day
“I get people today who say, ‘I first heard about you through the Stevie Wonder commercial.’ The power of advertising in that way is incredible.”-Andra Day
