Amy Macdonald Quotes

Amy Macdonald is a Scottish singer-songwriter known for her folk-rock and pop music. She has released successful albums such as "This Is the Life" and "Under Stars." Macdonald's musical talent and her heartfelt lyrics have made her a respected figure in the music industry.

A lot of people in the music business are a bit doom and gloom, People say it's probably easier to write sad songs than it is to write happy ones, so that's maybe why. I just wanted to be a bit positive about things rather than always being negative.

I didn't have many celebrity crushes, it was mainly Rangers players! I had a thing for Giovanni Van Bronckhorst. Looking back, I really don't know why! Great player though!

If you put lots of auto-tune on your voice on the album, people are going to be disappointed when they come to see you live. The imperfections make it better, more natural.

I prefer playing with a band. It's good to do both, but for me it's quite exciting when I hear my songs completely transformed with the band behind me. You can really get into it more, and so can the audience.

I could tell when I first started having sessions with stylists that my size was an issue. No one outright told me to lose weight but I knew it was a problem. I started to lose weight when I began touring.

I just go out and sing my songs. I don't put on el... -Amy Macdonald

I just go out and sing my songs. I don't put on elaborate stage shows with ridiculous fancy dress.

I've seen other people getting into trouble for gl... -Amy Macdonald

I've seen other people getting into trouble for glamorising breaking the law.

When I wrote the first album I had never played live before, and I'd never been on tour. So that was really just me and my guitar.

My sister and I both used to wear matching clothes and now my mum, sister and I have the same bag which we all use even when together. Which probably doesn't look that cool.

I loved Jake Gyllenhaal. He's the most beautiful t... -Amy Macdonald

I loved Jake Gyllenhaal. He's the most beautiful thing ever.

There are some amazing women's football teams out there and it is good that they are being recognised. I was always terrible at football, so I am a little bit envious of their amazing skills.

I arrived in London and I was terrified. I never wanted to be a celebrity - one minute I was in school and the next I was in London talking to people at a record company. If anything, I didn't feel in any way worthy.

If I'm out shopping, in Topshop or wherever, I'm never spotted. In fact, I'm usually asked if I have a student card. No-one seems to notice me, they're oblivious to who I am even in Scotland, and I'm very happy to be able to blend in with the crowd.

Since I was 18 I was in the record industry doing ... -Amy Macdonald

Since I was 18 I was in the record industry doing my own thing, and I had to be that strong person.

I wanted music to be a career. To base everything on fame to me seemed a dangerous thing - I wanted my foundations to be about improving as a performer and writer. No one could push me into going down that route of being a celebrity singer.

I think it's important to be in control of my own destiny; to a lot of people I'm just a product, so I feel it's up to me to take a keen interest in what's going on around me. After all, it's my life.

I'm confident when I perform but going into a horrible, boring studio and playing the same thing over and over again is really different to being on stage!

To me, the term 'best of' is quite embarrassing, I think of Madonna and Bruce Springsteen and all these amazing artists. I don't really see myself in that kind of gang, unfortunately.

I've always bought CDs and even when I was young and at primary school I had a massive collection of CDs. I just like the excitement of opening it, reading the book, learning all the words and things like that. Hopefully I'll always be like that.

I love going out and touring, and maybe people understand that it's not about making a quick buck. Maybe that translates.

On my first album some of the songs were written when I was 14 or 15 so your life experience means you change, but my style is similar.

I've never been told to do anything. I've never been hurried along by anybody - the kind of so-called 'pressure' of record labels doesn't really exist in my case.

I write simple songs, and people like that. They're mature enough to appeal to people who aren't teenage girls. Most of my fans are older, and it's nice to think the songs can appeal to middle-aged men and women.

If you are anxious, if you doubt yourself, if you stress over everything, it ultimately means you really care about what you do.

My band and I sometimes can't believe where we are in the world and what we're doing. But I'm very privileged to be in this position.

Hearing the statistic that one in four children in Scotland suffer from poverty just made me think that if there is even a tiny thing I could do that would help then it was totally worthwhile.

I have been offered so many parts in movies and I just think it's so outrageous as I've never really done acting or things like that.

When I was 11 I went to New York with my mum, dad and sister. I felt like I was on a movie set the whole time and loved being over there on Independence Day.

We have this obsession with celebrity, where people can go on shows and makes millions of pounds from being completely talentless - Jade Goody, all that type of people - and it really gets to me. I'm not interested, I'm a musician. It's not about being famous and being a celeb.

I have always said that it is completely about the music, and I have never been interested in anything else. I think I've been able to maintain that. I'm a totally normal person, I don't get followed or have photographers waiting outside my door. So yes I have a very ordinary life.

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