Kimbra famous quotes

05-12-2025

That's the beauty of song writing. You never know when inspiration will come or how it will hit, you just gotta kinda grasp a hold of it and make sense of it somehow.
-- Kimbra

#Song #Inspiration #Writing
Im so fascinated by the human longing for meaning. The way we relate romantically to each other is so much to do with our longing for meaning as well.
-- Kimbra

#Way #Longing #Wells
It feels like it's just starting in America and the UK. It's great to have a loyal fanbase in Australia and New Zealand. People in America say how polished our band are, but that didn't happen overnight; that came from doing all this touring back home.
-- Kimbra

#Home #America #Australia
The fun of being in the pop world is you can really play with people's perceptions of what the word pop means.
-- Kimbra

#Fun #Mean #Play
There's a vulnerability in music but you've also got to protect your sacred place and have a place you can still retire to that no one else knows about. So that's a thing I just try to balance.
-- Kimbra

#Balance #Trying #Sacred
I have times when I doubt what I'm doing. When those moments hit, I think about how grateful I am to be able to do what I do everyday. It was harder when I started because I didn't see the response, but now I'm out there playing for people and seeing them happy, which makes it all worthwhile
-- Kimbra

#Grateful #Thinking #People
It's a really cool time for artists who want to strive for a little more depth in what they want to say to come forward. We live in a very fast world right now. We've got all this media and music which is so accessible to us, it's here one minute gone the next.
-- Kimbra

#Artist #Media #Depth
My process is to be by myself when I record. It's quite an emotional performance to pull off when someone else is in the room. I prefer to go away and have my own time with it, bring it in later.
-- Kimbra

#Emotional #Going Away #Records
When you work on an album for three and a half years, you're kind of ready for it to get out there. To have your songs reach people.
-- Kimbra

#Song #Years #People
I'm turning 22, so I want to start getting into work that reflects where I'm at in life now.
-- Kimbra

#Want
Obviously I don't really go to church any more - no time.
-- Kimbra

#Church
Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere.
-- Kimbra

#Injustice
I want to be the kind of artist who keeps pushing on every album. I don't want to settle on a sound.
-- Kimbra

#Artist #Sound #Albums
I think 'SNL' is so well-known for its musical performances, as well, and people really breaking into America through a really great performance on there. So I think me and Gotye are both really excited to be amongst such company. You know, it's great.
-- Kimbra

#Thinking #America #People
I started writing songs when I was 10. It was a natural way to express myself as a kid. It wasn't until I started listening to jazz, joined the choir and picked up a guitar that my little hobby became something far more serious.
-- Kimbra

#Song #Writing #Kids
I moved from New Zealand to Melbourne when I was 17. I'd planned to go to university to study French, but I was offered a contract to write and record an album that was too good to pass up. Looking back now I think that was pretty young but, at the time, I was ready to have an adventure.
-- Kimbra

#Writing #Adventure #Thinking
I guess there might come a point when I will want to live an anonymous life. I'm only at the start of my career, so I'm sure that moment will come, but I know how blessed I am to have this platform on which to speak and influence.
-- Kimbra

#Blessed #Careers #Want
I haven't stopped writing which is good. I'm scared to stop completely otherwise it might lead to stagnancy.
-- Kimbra

#Writing #Might #Scared
I do like the idea of pulling in different producers to get new perspectives. That's what I did with Vows and I feel it just gives variety and makes for a more exciting journey for the listener.
-- Kimbra

#Journey #Ideas #Giving
I feel far more connected to the whole band if I can somehow physically respond... with my body.
-- Kimbra

#Band #Body #Feels

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