I'm young. You can't just sit ...

I'm young. You can't just sit there and be satisfied. People are like, "You've got all these number ones!" "Yeah...what else?" It all translates into money, and that's how people think of being successful, but my success, I feel like, is credit - credit for a good job. I haven't even gotten a Grammy, yet I've already decided I want an Emmy.
 Ester Dean

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I did a lot of songs that I sold, but then they never came out and I never got paid for it. You learn real fast that the music industry, in the beginning, you're not going to get paid for a while, and then you start getting the accolades.
 Ester Dean
Acting makes me feel broke again, it makes me feel unaccomplished.
 Ester Dean
I feel like writing songs is cheating on acting. It's weird.
 Ester Dean
Acting becomes my real job, writing becomes my second job, and then when I turn 50, I think I'm going to open up an interior decorating company.
 Ester Dean
I'm young. You can't just sit there and be satisfied.
 Ester Dean