Scenes and Lyrics

Music and movies. Who doesn’t love them? Unless you’re Anna Kendrick’s character in Pitch Perfect, then you only like music… What I’m trying to get across here is that music and movies have shaped my life.

When I was little, I had this dress I would wear when I was doing chores and I loved pretending I was Cinderella. I also had this little Lion King stuffed animal that I used as Nala and my friend had Simba. We used to build forts in my living room and hold Simba up like we were presenting him to the kingdom on Pride Rock.

I would act out full scenes from Disney movies for my mom. She paid attention for the first few times and then she would say, “Haven’t you done this one before?” With which I would respond, “yeah… but I like it!” When she got annoyed with my “professional acting career,” I would try out my skits on my grandparents. If I decided to include my younger cousins, I made sure they played the lesser roles. I was always the director and main character of my skits.

Of course, movies always portray the “perfect guy” which every girl begins to dream about when she gets older. Movies showed me what to look for in a relationship, it just took me quite a while to get there.

As I got older, I really began to identify with music. I always wanted to have headphones in when working on anything. Even now if there’s nothing on the radio I get really frustrated and I might even turn it off and sing my own favorite songs.

I am a country music lover. I used to get picked on a lot for it but now I embrace it. I grew up in a very country family and I wouldn’t trade anything about them. We are the kind of people who jam out to Luke Bryan’s “Rain is a good thing.”

But even I have my moments when I need to hear some Shinedown. or Eminem. I’m flexible when it comes to music I just prefer country. I love music because no matter how you’re feeling, there’s a song to fit your mood and speak to your heart. If you’re going through a rough break up just listen to Miranda Lambert’s “Gunpowder and Lead.” If you’re quite in love then Brad Paisley’s “Little Moments” is for you. One of my personal favorites is Shinedown’s version of “Simple Man.”

Point taken, scenes and lyrics know how to speak to you.