I have a 'Play the melody' philosophy. It means don't over-arrange, don't make life difficult. Just play the melody -- and do it the simplest way possible.


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I don't think I'll ever want to do pop music. I think I'll only ever want to do classica...
JACKIE EVANCHO
I look up to Andrea Boccelli and Sarah Brightman. The best part about 'America's Got Talent&...
JACKIE EVANCHO
I'm just concerned that if I get older, people aren't going to enjoy me as much as when I wa...
JACKIE EVANCHO
Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking...
JACKIE EVANCHO
Singing is my main goal, and I think philosophy will help me write songs.
JACKIE EVANCHO
I love being in Malibu. It's so cool there, and the water is just, it's nice and, and I love...
JACKIE EVANCHO
I would like to sing for the Pope. And the Queen, and at Simon Cowell's wedding.
JACKIE EVANCHO
When I'm at home, I want to be a normal person. I don't want to hear, 'Can I have your a...
JACKIE EVANCHO
It's good to kind of get away from the star treatment.
JACKIE EVANCHO
The music kind of possesses me when I sing. So whenever I start to sing on a show - I mean, first, I...
JACKIE EVANCHO
Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really ex...
JACKIE EVANCHO
I like 'Sponge Bob' and 'The Last Airbender.' I like shows where people get creative...
JACKIE EVANCHO
I write almost everything, actually. Songs, poems, stories. And stories out of every genre, too.
JACKIE EVANCHO
I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, t...
JACKIE EVANCHO
I miss my friends in public school, but it's kind of a part of something that you have to give u...
JACKIE EVANCHO
I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm usin...
JACKIE EVANCHO
I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now ...
JACKIE EVANCHO
It's always exciting to see different cities I love, and go on tour buses. It's so much fun ...
JACKIE EVANCHO
I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much.
JACKIE EVANCHO
Acting and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story.
JACKIE EVANCHO
I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myse...
JACKIE EVANCHO
I know that I'm definitely not a big big snob, and I know that at the times that I am a diva I k...
JACKIE EVANCHO
I just wanted to say hi to Pittsburgh as well because I miss it.
JACKIE EVANCHO
And unless you have that sense of being creative, people think you're just working all the time.
JACKIE DESHANNON
I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
JACKIE DESHANNON
I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percu...
JACKIE DESHANNON
I think Ingmar Bergman, Francoise Truffaut - all these people created images in my mind, beautiful p...
JACKIE DESHANNON
I think to just single out a highlight of Elvis's career is pretty much impossible. As far as be...
JACKIE DESHANNON
I was lucky enough to first meet Elvis at his house in Bel Air and he used to invite different artis...
JACKIE DESHANNON
I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.
JACKIE DESHANNON
I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and a...
JACKIE DESHANNON
Ignorance is kind of bliss.
JACKIE DESHANNON
No, I got my web site going and said I have the record out. People were just falling on the floor - ...
JACKIE DESHANNON
The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure.
JACKIE DESHANNON
There was a lot of great writing couples, but I try to do it all myself. And it was practically impo...
JACKIE DESHANNON
We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about wha...
JACKIE DESHANNON
Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me,...
JACKIE DESHANNON