Tristan Prettyman famous quotes

You can't start a fire in the pouring rain.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Rain #Fire #Pouring

Maybe the best hasn’t happened yet.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Being The Best

Maybe the best hasn’t happened yet.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Being The Best #Happened

Being an opener is all about warming up the audience for the main band. That is always fun, pretty easy; there isn't a lot of pressure.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Fun #Band #Pressure

You kind of gotta step back from your dreams and your passions once in a while, and kind of do something else for a minute so that you can come back to it with a fresh outlook, and be real inspired by something else, so you can give something back to your dreams and your passions.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Dream #Real #Passion

I love myspace and sites like that, cause its allowed me to stay connected to my fans. The personal connection remains the same, but as I've grown, it never gets to be too overwhelming. It allows the artist to be as involved as they want to be.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Artist #Connections #Fans

For me I want to know everything that goes on with my business but at the end of the day I just want to live, experience, be inspired and create music.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#The End Of The Day #Goes On #Want

I toured for about 2 1/2 years on twentythree and then I took about a year off. I really just spent some good quality time by myself at my house, cooking, watching movies, hanging with my friends, and family. I just really needed a chance to get away from the music for a minute and decompress.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Years #House #Cooking

On tour I feel like it's always so go go...you're always just taking in and storing information and feelings and things. So for me I need time off to let all those things come out and settle.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Feelings #Needs #Information

Never apologize on stage. Most people never notice when you make a mistake or if you are having a bad show.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Mistake #People #Apologizing

Over the years I have realized that the mistakes and forgetfulness is what makes live shows more endearing.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Mistake #Years #Endearing

I am pretty involved with everything that goes on, and overtime have learned a lot about the business side of things. I have an amazing manager, who understands the business really well, so he is a great teacher.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Teacher #Goes On #Sides

I love being home, reading the paper in the morning and having a cup of coffee, doing laundry, going grocery shopping and running daily errands. For me, it's important to have that balance in my life.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Running #Morning #Coffee

We're always supposed to be happy and positive. There's something about letting yourself slip into that vulnerable space because you can really feel things there. It helps you grow as a person. I tend to enjoy being in a vulnerable space, in a weird way.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Space #Way #Helping

In a perfect world, I would do 3 weeks on 3 weeks off; so that I could always take a breather and come back to music with a fresh mind.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Perfect #Mind #World

I hope to always be able to relate to my fans and be in the moment with the world and the community. I think as you gain popularity it's easy to loose touch and become disconnected.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Thinking #Community #Fans

I think the reason people connect so well with my music is because there is a real connection.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Real #Thinking #People

I'm pretty down to earth, I always have been and though I am on a much different path than most 25 year olds, I feel like I have a bit of a double life. We will go on tour for weeks at a time, but when I come home, I feel like I am picking up where I left off.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Home #Years #Different

Me and my friends get together all the time for girls night, or watch rock of love on the couch. I end up going out to a lot of shows, and surfing with my folks is always high on the priority list.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Girl #Night #Rocks

When you have fans telling you their stories it makes you feel like you're not alone.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Fans #Stories #Like You

I think humans in general, make associations and feel the need to group things together to have a better understanding of them. Though I would say my music is more country in a lot of ways, than it is surfy.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Country #Thinking #Understanding

There's a much bigger picture beyond surfing, its part of an ocean culture. Everything comes back to Mother Nature. Surfing is a way of connecting, and saying thanks.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Mother #Ocean #Surfing

Where I grew up, surfing was a way for people to celebrate their love and respect for the ocean.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Ocean #People #Surfing

For me surfing is just something that I love to do. I grew up surfing, is sort of like a family requirement. I can't imagine my life without it. But I am not defined by it, nor is my music. They are very separate.
-- Tristan Prettyman

#Surfing #Requirements #Imagine