Top 70 Tiffany Darwish Quotes

People do think I was a one-hit wonder, that I’m maybe not the kind of singer that I can really be – that impression is there. I have to work really hard to break down those walls.

I toured all over the world, I have die-hard fans, and I had my dreams come true.

I think of God as, well, sort of a friend or something I need. Like the way I need my fans.

I’ve always wanted to be a singer, since as far back as I can remember.

Obviously, I wore a lot of crazy things on stage. That’s just how it goes.

The writing process really became natural when it was real and from my heart, and I was exposed.

I came to Nashville in the early ’90s, and I thought, ‘OK, enough is enough. I write songs; I just don’t have the backbone to show it to anybody. I want to go to Nashville and learn how to properly write a song.’

My mum really depended on me. I’m the eldest of three girls, and she had emotional issues.

For a lot of people, I will always be the mall girl, and that’s OK. That was my start. But I can do so much more than that.

New Jersey was like home for me the first time I was there.

I grew up on the West Coast during the ’80s. But I wasn’t a ‘valley girl,’ since I grew up in Norwalk, which was filled with Latina girls.

I’m a live performer, through and through. That’s when I really get to shine.

I didn’t want to record ‘I Think We’re Alone Now,’ because I thought it wouldn’t show that I could actually sing.

When you‘re a little girl, living your dreams, even tiny little stages in someone‘s backyard are amazing.

I’m a real girl. I get it. I gain weight, I lose weight. My styles change.

I hope my career will be long-term. It’s not something I’m taking for granted, but we try to plan that way.

Family is family, but sometimes they do hurt you. They don’t mean to, but they can, and sometimes you have to fend for yourself.

Hopefully, I’ve established a career, but you can be a big sensation one day, and the next day everyone‘s going, ‘Who? … Who?’

Before I even got signed as a teen, I was singing with people like Hoyt Axton and Mickey Gilley. I worked with Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.

Looking back at old-school pictures, I never had a hair or makeup person. I wasn’t required to wear a lot of hair and makeup. I was never really allowed to do that because it was the image.

It’s annoying when people go, ‘I didn’t know you could actually sing.’

I’m not as naive as some people think.

I do love the social-media aspect of working records nowadays. You can do a video and put it up on social media, and people check you out who would never check you out before. I think it’s much cooler that you can just get the product right to the fans.

When you become a mega-icon overnight, there’s no way to keep that intensity continually going.

To just to get up on stage and sing every night at 9 or 10 years old was unbelievable to me. It wasn’t that I was getting paid; it was that I was getting paid to do what I like to do.

I wanted to be known as a better musician more than anything.

I’ve been married most of my life.

Some young stars go a little too far too soon.

What I’m hoping is that people in my age group will grow up with me and keep listening.

As a performer, you’re constantly re-branding.

I’m real cautious about staying a regular teenager. I’ve had other friends who hit it big with a record or something, and they changed completely. I don’t want that to happen to me.

I am an old soul: I do know so much about music history.

I think, probably, being a young artist, there were a lot of things I thought I knew and I wanted to do, and I was like, ‘Oh! That’s what I want to do.’ And then it took me in a different direction with ‘I Think We’re Alone Now,’ and then all of a sudden, I was a pop star.

I’m a big Miley Cyrus fan. I think she’s really awesome.

I’d still rather be singing on stage than doing anything else.

It’s nice to go out to a club and know you can still turn heads.

I pinch myself daily.

I’m not a one-hit wonder who got lucky. This really is my life. I was born with this talent, and this is what I meant to be. I’m totally grateful.

‘Dust Off And Dance,’ the album, was really all about me being in England.

There was a lot of turmoil in my family.

Careers will come and go. Talent is always there.

I’ve always really been a big fan of rock music. I wanted to record rock music when I was 14 or 15, but I was too young; it would have been ridiculous.

It was Stevie Nicks who made the biggest impression and really resonated with me. I found her intriguing and liked her voice. Her songs were kind of mysterious, and she was a woman in a rock band.

I actually did my first tour at the age of 10 with my dad, and it was as a country singer. We toured through Alaska, and he took me to sing at places like county fairs, hoedowns, backyard barbecues, you name it. We were usually passing around the hat for gas money to get to the next gig.

Like, it’s fun for me to sing ‘I Think We’re Alone Now.’ But when ‘Could’ve Been’ comes out as a single, that’s a ballad and really shows my voice; then people will say, ‘Hey, this girl really can sing.’

I took being a mom very seriously.

I’m thankful for what I’ve got, but I’m cramming all my money into a trust fund because I don’t ever want to look around and wonder where all my money went.

I went to Nashville when I was 10. Tried to get a record deal. Everybody was like, ‘You’re 10. It’s not gonna happen. Come back later.’

I guess getting used to sleeping on the tour bus has been the hardest thing – that and settling for whatever food you can get on the road.

‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ is one of the all-time great songs.

My best friend was crazy about Culture Club. She had posters everywhere. She joined the fan club. She knew everything about them. No one else sounds like Boy George, and I have great memories of singing along in her bedroom.

The first album, I’d had some input, but I was 14 years old then, and I really didn’t know what I was talking about.

My body – it’s become, as I get older… not my friend.

I’ve always loved country music.

To just be able to sing and show off the chops is kind of why I got into the music industry.

I live on eight acres out in the country in Nashville, and it gets creepy and foggy. It’s the best atmosphere to write songs.

When I got my record deal, my mum was still struggling a little bit, so the entertainment industry took advantage of that. My mum needed money, and so she signed a contract.

From the time I was 2, I told my mom I was going to be a singer. And she’d say, ‘Sure, honey, and tomorrow you’ll want to be a dancer.’

I write a lyric, but when I reread it, I think it’s awful and either hide it or crumple it up.

Life is short. You’ve got to live your dreams.

‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ just makes people feel good. It became a teen anthem twice. How cool is that?

I want to take acting lessons first. But I’d love to find the right film, a ‘Breakfast Club’ kind of thing.

I think the biggest thing, for me, was just to be recognized as a songwriter.

Some artists don’t want to be involved in anything outside the performing. They’ll say, ‘You make the decisions and tell me what to do.’ I want to be in on all of it. If there’s a meeting where commitments are made that I have to carry out, I want to be there.

Over the years, I grew up as a person and made mistakes and had a great time and had a baby, kind of grew as a person and as an artist.

I want to play the Grand Ole Opry for sure. And I want to meet and play with people like Emmylou Harris and Vince Gill.

I love everything by Led Zeppelin.

Let’s face it: Robert Plant is hot!

My family didn’t come from fame. No one was musical in my family except for me.

I don’t need a security guy pushing my fans around.