Singer/songwriter Sarah Donner quit her day job last December, released her sixth album this Spring, has her own record label, tours, has a “sleepy kitten” video that went viral on YouTube (to the tune of almost one million views), is writing a musical, will have her first public art show later this year (in her home state of New Jersey), teaches guitar and voice, and has taught songwriting to kids at an arts camp for the last five years.
“I have a long-standing background in technical theater as a scenic artist, as well as doing acting and box office managing. All the jobs you have to do just to be an artist.”
“I grew up in a very musical household… went to (Westminster) Choir College and was big into musical theater.”
“It’s really fun to be judgmental.”
“I had initially embarked on more of a musical theater path and I just didn’t want to audition anymore and I thought, I just want to sing and perform so I’ll just make my own songs and I’ll make my own show.”
“It seems to be at this point in the game that, even in this point in the music industry, it’s like everybody can kind of just do it on their own, and when I started Catlady Records it was sort of the beginning of the end, I think, for the big labels and things were changing.”
“I didn’t want to wait for someone else’s permission to be a performer, so I just went out and I did it.”
“If you’re talented and you’re passionate and you’re genuine, you can go out there and put on a show and people are going to respond to that, and that’s kind of been the biggest success for me, is, just by going out there and doing it myself.”
“I think it’s really important when you’re doing things on your own to have that other voice to let you know that you could be doing it better.”
“You can’t make a thing go viral, it just happens.”
"With Pride"
"Perfect Time"