TheBizMagazine.com: How does it feel to be so successful at such a young age?
Kaci: Oh wonderful! I've been working at it my whole life. So to know that your hard work is truly paying odd, you know, that's, it's the best reward. I tell you, going through it, and really working all the time, and really working hard, makes you appreciate what you have once you get that reward. So, it's worth it to me.

TBM: Where do you get the inspirations for your songs?
K: Inspiration, hmmm, just whatever I'm going through at the time, how ever I feel, or even if I don't necessarily feel that way at that time, I try to go into someones else's shoes for awhile, you know, and see myself in a position and the way I would feel in that position.
TBM: Do you write most of your songs or do you have other people that write some of the songs for you?
K: Well, I started this album when I was eleven. So, I've been doing it for awhile this album, and it's been postponed. And anyway, what I'm trying to tell you at eleven I wasn't writing or producing so a lot  of this stuff of course I didn't write or produce, But, this next album right now I'm writing and producing a lot. So the next album I do will have  alot of me on it.

TBM:What seperates you from other female pop stars?
K: Um, well, I try to be different from everybody else you know. If so and so is just pop or they've got an R&B sound. I know a lot of pop has kind of and R&B edge now, so I'm going you know, a little more of the rock edge. I mean, I think to be a true artist, to be a complete artist, you should at least know how to play one instrument. You should write or produce, or both. So right now, I'm learning how to play the guitar. I did that tonight when I performed for the first time. Kind of nervewracking, but very fun. Very fun! And, I'm starting to feel more like a complete artist being able to do things like that. And I think that's very important. That seperates you from a lot of people right there.
TBM: You're already different in that aspect because you're so young and you write your own music. Opposed to Britney and Christina who are older than you and still hardly write their own music.
K: Right, right. Thank you!

TBM: How did it feel to tour with pop sensations like O-Town and the Backstreet Boys?
K: Oh, it was cool! (laughs) It was funny I ran into O-Town on the road all the time. I actually ended up touring with them not only in the US, but in the UK, Ireland, and Germany. Just because we were there at the same time, promoting singles. So you know, we just ended up touring together.But, uh, they're great guys. Really nice. Really fun to be with.

TBM: Who are your biggest inspirations?
K: Who are my biggest inspirations? Hmmm, well, Celien Dion, Judy Garland, Gloria Estefan. You like Celine?
TBM: Have you had the chance to meet her yet?
K: No, not yet. I saw her in concert. She was amazing! Oh, my gosh. But, I would kill to meet her. Not literally of course.
--> Everyone laughs.
K: But, she just puts me in awe. She's really amazing that she...well, all three of them.  Especially Judy Garland. It's like when they sing, they feel everything, every song, when it's sad, it's makes you want to cry. And I think that's really special.

TBM: How does it feel to meet stars that you've looked up to? Like even if they're not your biggest inspirations, like Celine and Gloria.
K: But still stars right? It's pretty cool. I don't really get starstruck, like Oh my God, there's a star, you know. I see it more as an artist who's worked hard, and is at their peak, and is really successful It's nice to meet someone. It's kind of an inspiration to you to know that they've worked hard and got that reward. What they've wanted, what they've hoped for for so many years. And, that encourages you to go on, and especially in times where you're stressed or you're starting to feel down like, 'Ugh, it's taking forever!' (laughs) You just have to be patient and go with the flow.

TBM: If you could choose, who would be your favorite, or the nicest one that you've met so far?
K: (long pause) Hmmm, Aerosmith was nice. Sting was nice. Lets see, Ricky Martin was really nice. Nelly Furtado was really nice. Just to tell you the truth, most of the people that I have met have been really, really nice people...most of them. You get a couple where your'e like, 'Oh my gosh!' you know, and you think oh you know there's your stereotypical, you know, whatever. But, a shocking percent were very, very nice.

TBM: If music wasn't a part of your life, what would you be doing?
K: I would be completely dedicated to schoolwork. Because I'm kind of a studious, a schoolaholic I guess you could say. I love school. I love learning, and I would be completely focusing on that. I am sort of doing that, I'm in college, I'm doing classes online, on the road, it's just gonna take a lot longer. Obviously, cause I have to work at the same time. So, but it's fun. I think education is really important.

TBM: What is the best part about being in the business?
K: Everything. Everything! I can't really think of one thing I don't like.
TBM: I guess that eliminates our next question.
K: What's that?
TBM: What's the worst part about being in the business?
--> Everyone laughs.
K: Oh, well, long  plane flights. What's the worst is when you get on the road, and you've had a rough day, and you get on an airplane and you've got a screaming baby, and a little kid who's knocking on the back on your seat during a fourteen hour flight. You know, you got a snoring guy next to you. And, then you get there with no sleep, and you have a twelve hour day ahead of you. That's rough. But, you know, most of the time, it's just fun.

TBM: What was it like touring overseas?
K: What was it like? It's an amazing experience. I go there quite often. I just got back actually from Spain. That's where I'm more established over is over in the UK, and in places like that, and I'm starting now in Japan, Spain, Germany, and Sweden. Just over in Europe. They are great!  I've had some top ten hits over there. So, it's nice to be able to go over and perform, and have people actually sing your song for you. It's very cool.

TBM: Do you get recongnized a lot while you're out?
K: Yeah! Not here yet. But, over in Europe. Which is kind of nice cause you can come home and go to the mall with your friends, but hopefully, in enough time, the album is being released we can promote a lot here.

TBM: Do you get nervous flying with everything that is going on?
K: No. Not really. Which is strange. But I guess I just feel like what's in God's will, then that's what will be bound to happen. But, I don't know. I'm just not. Is that strange?
TBM: No. You can't hide in a hole. You have to live.
K: Right.

TBM: Where is the one place that you want to perform that you haven't performed at yet?
K: Madison Square Garden. (everyone laughs knowing that that would be the answer)
TBM: Everyone says that!
K: That and Wimbley Stadium.

TBM: What do you feel has been your biggest accomplishment?
K: My biggest accomplishment...hmmm...
--> Someone in the background "Being finished with high school so young?"
K: Oooh, yeah, that's a good one! Being finished...well, I'm not legally. I'm just finished with it.
--> Someone else "But, that's not really your biggest."
K: The biggest? No. Opening Super Bowl was big. having a top ten record. Things like that.
TBM: Being established so young?
K: Exactly. Yeah. Doing what I love to do at such a young age.

TBM: What was it like your first time on stage?
K: I don't know if I can even remember. I've been performing literally my entire life. I started signing I think as soon as I could speak. And performing when I was like two-and-a-half years old. I just remember being at this little restaraunt, and it had this big karaoke stage,  and I used to go up and sing, 'Take Me Out To The Ball Game' and 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star'.
TBM: Do what you can at three.
K: (laughing) Yeah. Right.

TBM: We heard you sang for the New York Yankess. How was that?
K: It was cool. I got all their autographs, and I was only like 9 years old. (asks her mom how old she was) 10.
TBM: Although we're not Yankees fans. Just want that out there!
K: Ah, you're not?
TBM: No! We're all about the Red Sox. We're Bostonians!
K: Oh! Okay!
TBM: Just had to point that out!No, no, we're not Yankees fans! (everyone is laughing)

TBM: Do you ever feel when you go back home, you're friends treat you differently?
K: Honestly, I really didn't have that many friends at home because a lot of the girls were just mean, nasty, and jealous. It was really rough for me at school. I was always mocked at or made fun of. And, it was hard. So, doing what I love to do, and being able to live in this dream world really, it's such an amazing experience. And I can take my good friends on the road with me. You know, occasionally if I want to do something. When I shoot videos, they are there with me. One of the videos I did for the UK, my friends are actually in it. So it was really cool.
TBM: When do you plan on releasing a video around here?
K: When? Soon. I can't really give you a date. It depends on the circumstances. It's kind of hard to say. Probably this fall.
TBM: Fall?
K: Yeah.

TBM: What's the difference between fans here and overseas? You always hear that there's a big difference.
K: You know, there's a big difference in every, single country. Every country you go to, it's different. In Japan, they sit back like this (she proceeds to show us how they sit with their hands folded), and they just smile until you're done. Then they just clap. You know here you'd be like, 'Scream! Put your hands in the air!' And they just kind of stare, and say, 'Oh, isn't this fun.' In the UK and most of Europe, they are SO loud. The first time I ever got mobbed was in the UK. I was there, doing a concert for them, and they sing my songs. And, then after, I was going to sign autographs after the concert. And, I thought, 'Oh, it's just signing autographs.' And so, I went down, and they were just crushing each other, literally, so we couldn't do it. I had to hide under a table, and they were reaching over, and it was really scary.
TBM: But, it must feel good you know, having....
K: Well it was flattering and kind of scary at the same time.

TBM: What's the craziest thing people have done to meet you?
K: They've come over from Europe, and found my house. Just asked around, found my house.
TBM: They come from Europe to your house?
K: Yeah.
TBM: Really?!
K: Oh, yeah. It's amazing the information you can find on the internet. Very scary...so, yeah.
TBM: Do people like, take pieces of your lawn and stuff?
K: No. That's only happened once. But, they call my house, you know, 'Hello, Kaci there?' And I'm like, what?
TBM: Do you have your mom answer your phone?
K: Most of the time it is my mom cause I have my own line, and you can't get that on the internet.

TBM: Do you have a message for your fans, and our readers?
K: Sure. If there is anyone who has a dream that they want to accomplish, that almost seems impossible, and no matter how much they're mocked, and made fun of for that dream, they need to keep dreaming. And, go after the dream. Don't just dream about it. Don't just sit back and go, 'Gee, well, if that fell in my lap, wouldn't that be nice.' Really go out, and work for it. My motto is, 'If you can see it, you can be it!' Anything is possible. What isn't possible? It's all in the way you see it. What's impossible to you is completely different to what's impossible to someone else. If you want to be it, just do it. Go after it. Be it!

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