Michelle Branch Quotes

When I’m having a bad day, I pick up my guitar.

When I watch ‘Glee,’ it reminds me of my upbringing.

When I sing, I have a sense of peace, I feel like my brain turns off, and I become the core person of who I am – the essence of me. I feel connected to whatever is out there. It’s almost like I leave my body and get to watch.

There was a moment there when it was getting really bad and everyone was being let go. I was, like, ‘Can I get fired, please? Can I move on with my life?

Ten years into it, I can finally go, ‘Oh, I just want to make a record that’s fun to make and I don’t have to prove that I deserve to be here.’

People have this notion of me being this sweet, nice girl, but I’m kind of a pervert.

My style when I was 17 was very low-key with jeans, T-shirts, and Converse. I was signed to a major record label by then, so I had stylists helping me.

Music is my release.

Music has always been in me.

If you want to get my attention, wear a pirate outfit.

If I have to try and write one more country single, I’ll lose my mind.

I’m just more comfortable in my own skin now.

I would love to be in musical theater and be on Broadway. If someone were to offer me a position to do something like that, I wouldnt pass it down. Im a huge fan of musicals and I really want to do that.

I was so adamant about proving myself for so long and I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t have to do that as much.

I was definitely a choir and theater geek.

I think its so cool that you can pick up the guitar and create something that didn’t exist 5 minutes ago. You can write something that no ones ever heard before. You have music at your fingertips.

I think I’m also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen years while making records.

I put myself into character for my songs.