Ester Dean Quotes

I'm young. You can't just sit there and be satisfied.

I don't really start writing until later in the night. I'm a night owl.

I have a thing - I call it magic - but I feel like I can write stuff down in the middle of the night and wake up and it happens. I write what I want in my journal.

Acting becomes my real job, writing becomes my second job, and then when I turn 50, I think I'm going to open up an interior decorating company.

I'm going to become a real professional actress.

I got really excited about Beyoncé, but it was Beyoncé. I think I was more in awe of how pleasant she is.

As long as I can stay creative and used my mind, it can be 20 hours a day. I sleep four hours, so I've got 20 hours.

I like interior decorating. I really like to build houses. And landscaping, I like that.

I want to create a management company for people like me so that they don't have to give up the way they present [themselves], they just have someone to help them keep their business afloat.

Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.

Everyone in my family can sing - my momma can sing, my cousins. I was in the third grade and I was that kid who was so bad in school because I could sing.

You have to break your fingers to learn how to play guitar.

I feel guilty because I want to act more than I want to write songs. I'm a person who likes to transition; I like to grow.

I've done so much songwriting and I know how to do it.

Acting makes me feel broke again, it makes me feel unaccomplished.

I feel like writing songs is cheating on acting. It's weird.

My success, I feel like, is credit - credit for a good job. I haven't even gotten a Grammy, yet I've already decided I want an Emmy.

I tend to sing opera and showtunes in the shower. I don't know why, but when I get in the shower I turn into this big fat opera lady.

My songs are my hookers. I can't worry about how they are going to be treated; they just need to bring home the bacon.

I wasn't comfortable on stage for years. It was good - 18 shows. I want to do it again.

I'm the only girl songwriter that fights for a lot of things. I fight for songwriting fees, which record labels want you to shut up about.

I always wanted to be a psychiatrist.

My dream is to star in an animated movie and to have a toy made after me.

I always tell people I write songs, but I'm a writer. It's a difference. I can write songs to music, but I can write a story. I can see ideas spark in me.

I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs.

I just like to stay creative. Anything that can keep my mind going.

I try to reach for the stars because if you say you want something small and it happens, you don't believe it. So I try to say something wild and crazy.

I'm more than a songwriter. I'm a creative person. Some people you just always see. I won't allow you to see me unless it makes sense. There's a reason to see me.

I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.