Quotes by Bonnie McKee

About Bonnie McKee:

Bonnie Leigh McKee is an American singer and songwriter. Her debut album, Trouble, was released in September 2004 under Reprise Records. After being dropped by Reprise several years after its release, McKee had taken a musical hiatus before establishing a name for herself as a songwriter. McKee has co-written eight singles that have reached #1 in the United States or the United Kingdom, which have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide combined. After sometime of focusing on songwriting, McKee released "American Girl" in July 2013. Her second studio album is scheduled for release in 2015. American Girl was intended for her second studio album but after leaving her label in late 2014 after creative differences, it is unknown whether or not American Girl will appear anywhere else.
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When I moved to Seattle in fourth grade, I joined the Seattle Girls' Choir. It's a world-class choir, and we competed, toured Europe, and went and sang at the Vatican, so it was a really awesome experience to have that young.

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I saw Tina Turner do 'Proud Mary' on TV, and it was so electrifying and such a unique experience. I remember crying out of excitement, and I knew that I wanted to be a performer and make people feel excited and moved, and that's why I gravitated towa...

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If I know I will be working with someone and they are not keen with writing with a girl, I like to be non-threatening and cool so they will trust me. It's a thought process of who work and how I want to present myself.

Bonnie McKee

I've been singing since I could talk, pretty much. My dad was really musical and taught me how to sing harmonies and got me a karaoke machine with tape decks.

Bonnie McKee

I like to think of myself as the people's pop star a little bit. I respect Lady Gaga so much, and I love what she does, but she has this kind of mysterious, out-of-reach thing. I'm just not that - as much as I'd love to have that sort of mystique, I ...

Bonnie McKee

There are some artists that don't like working with other females, which is fine. They have their own thing. I personally love being surrounded by other females.

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I was always super, super musical. So my parents recognized that and put me in choirs, piano lessons, and all that.

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I think what it means to be an 'American Girl,' and what I wrote the song about, is our freedoms. The idea that we as Americans can be what we want to be and say what we want to say and that we take it for granted.

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I started writing my own songs from the time I was a little kid. I would write my own lyrics to other people's songs that I heard on the radio and take whatever song and make it about fairies and angels - whatever little girls sing about.

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I've always had a teenage thread running through my music.

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Author Bio

  • NameBonnie McKee
  • DescriptionAmerican singer, songwriter, and actress
  • BornJanuary 20, 1984
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Singer; Singer-songwriter; Composer; Musician; Songwriter