Vanessa Carlton Doesn’t Perform To Get Attention

CNN’s The Music Room caught up with Vanessa Carlton and asked the singer how hard is it to keep her artistic integrity in an industry that is often so driven by teen pop. “I think it’s very hard,” she said. “I’ve been a performer since I was 5 years old. I’m not doing it to get attention. I’m doing it to express something that I love, and there’s no point in doing what I’m doing unless it’s honest and real. So it’s not really hard for me to maintain integrity. It’s just something that’s very natural.” Check out the entire transcript here.