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In my own words...

I was born 8/16/80 and raised in Mitford, PA by my parents Ed and Heidi Carlton. My Dad is a pilot (he plays fiddle on the side), and my mom is a pianist and teacher. My childhood was unconventional. When I was two I was enrolled into a Montessori school. I just remember running around and drawing pictures all the time. Music and art were the main focuses of my childhood.

My mom was my first music teacher. I suppose the first sign that I was "musical" came when I figured out "It's A Small World" on the piano when I was two years old. We had just returned from Disneyland. After that, my mother began exposing me to a variety of classical composers, from Eric Satie, to Mozart, to Debussey. At eight, I wrote my first piece of music. I wasn't writing lyrics or anything, just little piano songs.

I was nine when I fell in love with ballet. I was obsessed with it actually. Fortunately my mom made me keep up the piano during that time. At thirteen, I started travelling to New York to study with some of the great ballet dancers and teachers such as Grelsey Kirkland and Madame Nenette Charisse.

At fourteen, I was accepted to study at the School of American Ballet in New York City. I left my family and moved into a dorm at Lincoln Center. I enrolled in the Professional Children's School for high school and began a new life.

The life of a ballet dancer is neither easy nor fair. The pressure is intense and the competition extreme. Surprisingly, I had always been a confident dancer, almost fearless, but as I approached my senior year things began to unravel. I became frustrated and lost. I was on the brink of becoming a professional when everything feel apart. At seventeen feeling broken and isolated, I started writing songs again.

It was the dilapidated piano in the kitchen of my dorm that brought me solace. Sometimes I would skip ballet class to go upstairs and play. All these songs just poured out of me. This time, I wasn't simply writing piano pieces, I was writing lyrics I had always loved to sing growing up, but I never thought of myself as a singer until I sang my lyrics. I put my voice and piano together I couldn't imagine it any other way.

The fall after I graduated I got an apartment with a friend, became a waitress and started playing gigs downtown. A year later, I signed with Interscope, Geffen, A&M Records.

I am currently in the studio recording my debut album., Be Not Nobody, which should be out in early March. I'm going as fast as I can! The single, A Thousand Miles, will be out in early February.

Last but not least, I got into Columbia University and I have started dancing again, just for my self.

Peace.

By: Vanessa Carlton

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she is so talented and fun | Reviewer: mary rose | 4/3/2008

she is the best singer i've ever known and i hope she will have a concert here in cebu, philippines...
i really love all her songs especially a thousand miles, white houses and nolita fairytale... :)

best artist ever! | Reviewer: monique | 4/2/2008

vanessa lee carlton is a very talented artist.
she can sing and she can play the piano.
I really love her
especially her music.
and also the lyrovs
she's an artist like no other!
ahhmmn even though i listened to her song "a thousand miles" over and over, i just love it.

She is the MOST TALENTED ARTIST EVER!!! | Reviewer: Eileen Loncar | 3/21/2008

Vanessa is without a doubt one of the most talented artists these days.... she has an artistic ability that some artists never pick up on.... Her style, makes me happy, calm,. and at the same time appreciate music and life in general even more so....I love how she sings, plays the piano, and her style all the way around... I hope she continues to bless us all with her gift of music and singing for a long long time... I have all of your music and cant wait for more....Eileen (fellow Pa.neighbor)

LUV THIS ARTIST! | Reviewer: jenna | 12/9/2007

omg i luv the song White Houses for sum reason. i jus luv the piano. i would've quit piano if i hadn't heard it but i'm still goin bcuz i feel like i can go all the way with this instrument. I LUV U! LOL

xXx~JeNnA~xXx

awesome artist | Reviewer: tian | 7/24/2007

i remember listening to a thousand miles several years ago on radio but never really figured out who was the author. Recently i rediscovered vanessa and realized that shes one of the most talented musicians with an ability to blend piano and voice perfectly. Each of her songs has an uplifting feel and lyrics that actually move me

u roc!! | Reviewer: bob | 6/19/2007

hey jus wanted 2 let u no u roc i am in love wit u i love the song twlight!!!! <33~bob

friday 11 may 2007 | Reviewer: yasmine | 5/11/2007

mi love forever ur my favorite singer ! and the best song a thousand miles... wish for u goog time add my e-mail love u
:d i will love u forever !

friday 11 may 2007 | Reviewer: jazmin | 5/11/2007

hey you know ur my favorite sinfer and a thousand miles is the best u will mine forever i wrod un my other e-mail: i'd walk a... give me ur e-mail my love i just love u ! i am lebanese but i wish i'd be like you my name is yasmine:D love u

craig from Chicago,IL I LOVE YOUR MUSIC | Reviewer: craig | 3/23/2007

I love you r music vanessa, not only that I like you to.I'm a rapper I don't even listen to pop, but I your music so much.If I ever met you it would a honor, your the best pop artist ever!!!. good luck on what your doing.

P.S watch out for me one day I'm going get signed who knows maybe we can make a song together. Love You!!!

EASY!!!

craig

vanessa is the best singer ever | Reviewer: heather | 2/21/2007

hey, this girl so rocks. its really funny cause i live in milford,PA right now to and my friends that i go to school(dv)with told me that you lived by them and that they new you and that my one friends sister cleaned your house once. and im like so jelouse of them cuz i love your music and im a ballerina to and im pretty much obsessed with it to. um i went to sleep away camp at camp netimus and i saw your names in one of the cabins and im like omg im going to the same camp that she went to and that this is like so cool.and people are like yeah i met her and im like your so lucky. well i really like your music a lot.

peace

<3 heather

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