Jesse McCartney In-Depth Interview

April 21, 2009 | by Disney Dreaming

Jesse McCartney recently sat down with Just Jared Jr. for an in-depth interview about his career, his likes and his dislikes and his love life. Here are some of the best quotes from the interview:

About why he decided to pursue a career in music, Jesse answered, “Well, my parents were both musically inclined. They both played piano and both were singer/songwriters and both were kind of theater addicts. They met in the theatre. My mom went to every school you can imagine – she went to Julliard, she went to UCLA Berkley. Some families were into sports, mine was into music. I started in theater, on Broadway and off-Broadway doing a bunch of shows, musicals mainly. That’s where it all sort of began.”

And it turns out not only his parents play the piano, Jesse said, “I played piano for like three or four years when I was younger and then I quit, which was a big mistake. But it was enough that I could read and write music. My chops aren’t there but I can read the charts and I can write a song. I mess around with the alto-saxophone. When I was younger, I wouldn’t have bragged about that but now I think it is a really cool instrument. I think there was a year in there where I played violin because my mom made me. It allowed me to sit down and write a song. I can fiddle around on the guitar a little bit if I practice. I have a good memory and good hand-eye coordination so I can play by ear. So I can sit down and fiddle around and get it. Plus I’m playing with some of the best musicians. My band is just like…it’s so great to have a band like them. You dream of playing with people like this as a little kid. We’re about to go on tour in December which we’re really excited about. A bunch of R&B cats.”

Jesse also discussed what it was like to go on tour with Jordin Sparks. He said, “Oh, we became great friends. Jordin – that’s my girl. She’s awesome. It was a great tour, we had just the best time. She is so unaffected and just amazingly talented and the sweetest girl. Her whole band and crew – her whole team is just real fun to work with. I’d love to do it again, it was great.”

Jesse also spills on how he keeps in touch with his friends: “’m a Blackberry guy. I never switched over to the iPhone. I’m about to get the new one [Blackberry]. The Bold I guess. I really like the new one. I’m pretty much on the phone a lot, more so than I am on e-mail or on the internet.”

Do you think his media habits are refreshing, or would you rather he was more like your typical Disney Star – like Miley, Demi or Selena who are updating their Twitter pages constantly???

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