Kaci - August 2002

Here are some of the highlights from the Interview.

Tommy: Can you start off by telling us a little bit about yourself, like where you grew up?

Kaci: I'm Kaci, and I grew up near Tampa, Florida.

Tommy: And at what age did you actually start signing?

Kaci: I started singing when I was about three years old. I use to beg my dad to go up to this restaurant and I'd perform "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". I just fell in love with performing. And I'm still performing today. I would perform all over Florida and by the time I was eleven there was a management company that wanted to sign with me. My attorney advised me to go to L.A. for pilot season first, which is where you go out and audition for movies and tv shows in L.A. So I went out there and in the breakdowns where you find out about the auditions and so on. There was a guy looking for a 18-25 year old male and my mom send a picture of me and a cd of me singing and he got it and I performed for him and he ended up giving me the song "Paradise". And curb records signed me on the spot, and that's now my record company. I'm signed with Curb Records. We had that produced by Brian Rollings, who's really big. He's worked with Enrique Iglasias and Cher, big names like that.

Tommy: So your career really took off. I'm sure this is a dream for you.

Kaci: Yeah I'm having a great time living my dreams.

Tommy: What kind of things do you collect?

Kaci: I keep a lot of the stuff my fans give me.

Tommy: You also have some hobbies. I think one of them is kick boxing right?

Kaci: YEAH, kickboxing. When I'm home I do kickboxing. I'm always really busy doing school work when I get home, and even on the road. So that keeps me busy.

Tommy: What about your favorite subjects in school?

Kaci: I like science and history.

Tommy: How about your favorite food, or desert or something like that?

Kaci: Well, I love any desert, geez! Anything with sugar in it. I love Barbeque chicken, there nothing better then some BBQ chicken!

Tommy: When you were growing up who were some of your musical influences?

Kaci: I looked up to Judy Garland. I still do, I think she's amazing because she can not only sing, but she can act, and she has it all.

Tommy: So then what's your favorite Judy Garland movie?

Kaci: Oh Come On! The Wizard Of OZ is the all time favorite of course but I love all of them. My second favorite is probably Meet Me In St. Louis and then the Easter Parade.

Tommy: Well I know everyone knows "Some Where Over The Rainbow" from the Wizard of Oz but since you said Meet Me In St. Louis was one of your favorites how about singing some of the trolley song for us?

Kaci: Oh are you a big fan of Judy Garland, that you know all this?

Tommy: Well maybe enough to fake it!

Kaci: (Sings part of the song)