Colbie Caillat
Friday, September 18th
5:00PM - 5:45PM
The social networking phenomenon played a big part in your early success with Coco. Apart from your professional concerns, what do you like about the social networking trend, and what do you have a problem with?
It's difficult because these sites are addicting. People spend too much time on them, and when your friends are on the computer, there is no actual face to face interaction. The idea of friendship has changed, so I don't like them in that sense. But it's also an amazing thing, because you can connect to people around the world, fall in love, and obviously it can be a career booster. Social networking is how the world is evolving, and you gotta just go with it.
Many of your songs are speaking directly to that special someone. In plain English with no lyrics, describe that person, that dream guy:
Someone who can make me laugh, and when I look in his eyes, he calms my heart. He has to be self motivated, goal oriented, wants a good career, gets along with my family, is spontaneous, and he has to be taller than me.
Today you're singing about love and relationships and navigating through the landscape of your romantic feelings. Predict the future and tell us what Colbie Caillat will be singing about in five or ten years?
Probably the same stuff, but in a different perspective. We go through different relationships in life, fall in love and out of love, stay in love with the same person. I write about any emotion I feel; it may be about falling in love or breaking up, but it will be me looking at it differently than before.
You were literally a product of music, with your mom and dad meeting while working on Fleetwood Mac's Tusk. Did you feel an obligation to pursue a career in music, were you coaxed into it, or was it a natural progression from your early exposure because you were enamored with it?
It was a natural progression. I started singing when I was 11 years old, and my parents had nothing to do with it. It just felt good; I would wake up every morning singing. People told me I had a good voice, and I got a great reaction when I sang 'Killing me Softly' in the school talent show. I started taking vocal lessons, and my parents said that if I really wanted a career, it was important to become a musician and a song writer.
So when did you start playing guitar? When I was 19! Yeah, not that long ago.
Word Association: What thoughts come to your head when you hear the following?
Father- Loving and supportive.
Faith- Believing in something and never giving up on it.
