“The moment that most affected me was just before Hollie was about to sing Rolling In the Deep. I was sitting front row, a nervous wreck of course. I looked up at the stage and there was Hollie, standing on an elevated podium looking exquisite, with a single spotlight shining on her. I was flooded with memories of Hollie singing to a wall because she was too afraid to sing in front of family, or holding a flip cam for hours in my bedroom while she sang to a faceless audience on YouTube, and driving her to tiny gigs in McKinney trying to convince her that it was too late to back out. Looking at her in the spotlight as a stylist tamed rogue strands of hair, I could not have been more proud or overwhelmed by how much she has accomplished in such a short time.” - Luke Cavanagh, Hollie’s older brother [x]
(Source: american-idols11)
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“The moment that most affected me was just before Hollie was about to sing Rolling In the Deep. I was sitting front row,...