SPORTS - Celebrity High Magazine
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CH: When can we expect a full album?<br />
GC: My record will be out sometime<br />
this year.<br />
CH: Can you tell us more about your<br />
latest single?<br />
GC: “Waiting Outside the Lines” is<br />
about getting over something that is<br />
bothering you and haunting you. It has<br />
a positive message and anybody any<br />
age can relate to<br />
the song!<br />
CH: What advice would you give to a<br />
student trying to become a famous<br />
musician?<br />
GC: To keep following your dreams<br />
and never let anyone get<br />
in your way by telling you that<br />
you can’t do it.<br />
CH: You have a strong stance on<br />
Bullying where does that come from?<br />
GC: I was bullied as a kid; I was an<br />
outcast. I got through it by escaping<br />
in music and building my confidence.<br />
One of my records on my album is<br />
called “Purple Sky” I want kids to<br />
listen to it and feel confident.<br />
CH: Do you write a lot of your own<br />
music?<br />
GC: Yes. A lot of the record is written<br />
by me.<br />
CH: What does it feel like to be signed<br />
to Ellen?<br />
GC: It feels incredible! I love Ellen. She<br />
has become such an amazing role<br />
model and friend.<br />
CH: What’s your favorite subject in<br />
school?<br />
GC: My favorite subject in school<br />
would probably have to be math.<br />
CH: Does your school have a<br />
performing arts department?<br />
GC: I do online school. So, if YouTube<br />
doesn’t count at school then…not<br />
really.<br />
CH: What was your parents’ and<br />
peers reaction to seeing you perform<br />
paparazzi at your school?<br />
GC: My parents were very proud of<br />
me! My friends loved the performance<br />
as well.<br />
CH: You have been playing piano for<br />
over 3 years now. Do you have any<br />
interest in any other instruments?<br />
GC: Not really. I love Piano and that’s<br />
my only instrument.<br />
CH: What do you like better singing or<br />
playing instruments?<br />
GC: I like performing. I love putting<br />
them both together and making<br />
something incredible.<br />
CH: Who and what inspires you?<br />
GC: I am very inspired by Coldplay<br />
and Snow Patrol. I also love old<br />
Rock n Roll like Journey.<br />
CH: What was it like becoming an<br />
overnight sensation?<br />
GC: It has been so incredible. I have<br />
the most amazing fans in the world<br />
and they mean everything to me. This<br />
has always been my dream so it is<br />
awesome to see it come true<br />
CH: Coolest thing you’ve been able to<br />
do since being discovered?<br />
GC: It was probably meeting Lady<br />
Gaga. She is a very big inspiration to<br />
me and she is so nice.<br />
CH: Why did you choose the song<br />
paparazzi to perform at your school?<br />
GC: I loved the song because it was<br />
such a different song.<br />
The arrangement was incredible<br />
and Gaga’s voice was amazing on<br />
the record. I think it is one of the<br />
best records of all time.<br />
CH: What kind of music do you<br />
listen to?<br />
GC: I listen to a lot of old music.<br />
Madonna, Michael Jackson, KISS,<br />
Journey.<br />
CH: Who would you like to<br />
collaborate with?<br />
GC: I would love to collaborate<br />
with Christina Aguilera and Taylor<br />
Swift.<br />
CH: If you could have any super<br />
power what would it be and why?<br />
GC: I would want to be able to<br />
fly! So I could see anything I ever<br />
wanted to see.<br />
CH: If you weren’t singing what<br />
would be your ideal career?<br />
GC: I would love to be a<br />
photographer.<br />
CH: If you were stranded on a<br />
island who and what would you<br />
bring, if you you could only choose<br />
three items and one person?<br />
GC: I would bring an iPod, endless<br />
amount of McDonalds, and a<br />
record player. And I would bring<br />
Paul McCartney.