Colbie Caillat Gets Creative in the Can
While some carry a fresh towel or yesterday’s news to the bathroom, Colbie Caillat makes sure to bring her guitar. This, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter told me, is where she sometimes writes those insightful and soulful lyrics that so many have come to love. Caillat nabbed a record deal after becoming the top unsigned artist on MySpace and has since had two No. 1 pop hits with “Bubbly” and “Realize.”
“I write in the bathroom,” she told me smiling, “just because it sounds so good. When I wrote my first song, I was in my parent’s bathroom because it was on the other side of the house and I didn’t want anyone to hear me. That kind of became my safety zone.”
Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for myself. It seems the only gift I ever had in my parent’s bathroom was the gift of pulling off the door handle and locking myself inside. Perhaps they should have left me there … and given me a guitar. But then again, I don’t think my “Teardrops on My Guitar” would have been such a splash.
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CJ says:
This is so funny - only goes to show a good writer can write and sing anywhere. I wish you the best Colbie.
Ham says:
TMI
sally says:
I enjoy her music. I think I will have a funny picture in my head the next time I hear one of her songs though! :)
dan says:
i know some kids sing in the bathroom but playing the guitar ????????????????
clyde self says:
Awe dag nab it, what a beautiful story. I too shall have a picture of Colbie writing her songs in the john. Now, this is an inside that keeps me coming back for more. Love your ending Whitney to your blog, yes, it leaves me with a smile.