Quotes by Brooke Fraser

Brooke Fraser

At sixteen I was like: “I need to get an album out now!” – even though I was only sixteen. I was always in a little bit of a rush to be an adult.

Adults

Albums

Needs

I began dabbling in writing when I was 12, and there was never an official start to singing… I just sang my songs because there was no one else to sing them and no one told me to shut up!

Singing

Song

Writing

I had received some minor indie label interest when I was 14 after I was in a schools music competition thing in NZ called ‘Rockquest’, but I knew it wasn’t the right time and that I wasn’t good enough and needed to concentrate on school.

Competition

Labels

School

I have a particular style of writing and my voice sounds a particular way, which lends itself to a certain style.

Style

Voice

Writing

I often think that eventually I’d love to do some papers… my correspondence if life calms down a bit, but I think I’d do history or English literature… I’ve had enough of journos.

Literature

Paper

Thinking

I only say this because a lot of people seem to think that if you’re a musician you want to be a celebrity. But most musicians in the world aren’t celebrities, and pretty much everything about the concept of ‘celebrity’ is a complete load of bollocks anyhow.

Musician

People

Thinking

I think I was always an old soul, even as a teenager.

Soul

Teenager

Thinking

I’m not quite sure where the sponsorship rumour came from… probably because I have been a spokesperson for child sponsorship so people just assumed that was the connection.

Children

Connections

People

I’ve always recognised that I have influence, whether I like it or not, and that I can use it to do something good.

I Can

Influence

Use

In the end, no matter how my records are panned or praised, if there are kids and communities in developing nations that have improved living conditions and are finally getting access to things we all have a basic right to (clean water, education, healthcare) because I am able to advocate, raise awareness or funds in some small way, then my life has achieved something that in the end means far more than having the track or album of the moment.

Kids

Mean

Water

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Animal

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Down And

Easter

I Can

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Jesus

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Kids

Kind

Knees

Labels

Life Changing

Literature

Lord

Los Angeles

Mean

Mind

Musician

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Paper

People

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Sometimes

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Quotes by Brooke Fraser

Brooke Fraser

At sixteen I was like: “I need to get an album out now!” – even though I was only sixteen. I was always in a little bit of a rush to be an adult.

I began dabbling in writing when I was 12, and there was never an official start to singing… I just sang my songs because there was no one else to sing them and no one told me to shut up!

I had received some minor indie label interest when I was 14 after I was in a schools music competition thing in NZ called ‘Rockquest’, but I knew it wasn’t the right time and that I wasn’t good enough and needed to concentrate on school.

I have a particular style of writing and my voice sounds a particular way, which lends itself to a certain style.

I often think that eventually I’d love to do some papers… my correspondence if life calms down a bit, but I think I’d do history or English literature… I’ve had enough of journos.

I only say this because a lot of people seem to think that if you’re a musician you want to be a celebrity. But most musicians in the world aren’t celebrities, and pretty much everything about the concept of ‘celebrity’ is a complete load of bollocks anyhow.

I think I was always an old soul, even as a teenager.

I’m not quite sure where the sponsorship rumour came from… probably because I have been a spokesperson for child sponsorship so people just assumed that was the connection.

I’ve always recognised that I have influence, whether I like it or not, and that I can use it to do something good.

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