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Between the Lines
Debbie Gibson explains how she got her start in the music business, tells the stories behind her songs, and shares her outlook on life
128 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1989
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March 1, 2025
“I like to record songs with universal themes that everyone can relate to…The first song that I ever wrote was called ‘Make Sure You Know Your Classroom.’ I don't know what inspired me…some deep, hidden insecurity about starting school or what…the words to the song were: ‘Make sure you know your classroom, Make sure you know your seat, I hope you find your teacher, I hope she looks so sweet. Make sure you know your classroom, Make sure you know your seat, I hope you find your teacher, Or you'll have to wait in the street’...I didn't even know how to physically write - because I hadn't even started school yet, so my sisters helped me…write out the notes on a big piece of staff paper…maybe someday I'll do a remix of it! As silly as the song was, that was the beginning of my writing career.”
School continued to inspire Gibson, and she later wrote "Wake Up To Love" in social studies. “I was falling asleep in class one day, and I said to myself, ‘wake up!’, And, I started thinking, ‘wake up to love!’ and developed a story around it. That song's about when you have someone really close in your life, and it's like, ‘You stupid fool, would you just wake up and see we're in love already!’”
For "Between The Lines" (the song for which the autobiography was titled), “I was staring at my notebook, and I really wanted to write a song, and I couldn't think of anything, and I didn't have any ideas. So, I looked at the piece of paper long enough until I saw nothing but lines. And then the title came to me: ‘Between The Lines.’ After that I just developed the story about how you can just pick up vibes from someone, you read between the lines.”
Gibson never considered herself a star. “To me it has a real negative connotation. The only thing that I like about the word ‘star,’ is that it makes me think of ‘confidence.’ To me someone who is a star just has an aura about them that makes people want to watch them…but I also think of ‘arrogance’...That's part of the word ‘star’ that can be eliminated. I never want to have that stuck-up attitude, or have people think of me in that way. More than being a star, I really want to be a creative and successful entertainer. That's basically it.”
School continued to inspire Gibson, and she later wrote "Wake Up To Love" in social studies. “I was falling asleep in class one day, and I said to myself, ‘wake up!’, And, I started thinking, ‘wake up to love!’ and developed a story around it. That song's about when you have someone really close in your life, and it's like, ‘You stupid fool, would you just wake up and see we're in love already!’”
For "Between The Lines" (the song for which the autobiography was titled), “I was staring at my notebook, and I really wanted to write a song, and I couldn't think of anything, and I didn't have any ideas. So, I looked at the piece of paper long enough until I saw nothing but lines. And then the title came to me: ‘Between The Lines.’ After that I just developed the story about how you can just pick up vibes from someone, you read between the lines.”
Gibson never considered herself a star. “To me it has a real negative connotation. The only thing that I like about the word ‘star,’ is that it makes me think of ‘confidence.’ To me someone who is a star just has an aura about them that makes people want to watch them…but I also think of ‘arrogance’...That's part of the word ‘star’ that can be eliminated. I never want to have that stuck-up attitude, or have people think of me in that way. More than being a star, I really want to be a creative and successful entertainer. That's basically it.”
September 18, 2021
I like The 80’s and Debbie Gibson.
June 10, 2008
If you're a debbie gibson fan than this book was created for you! debbie gibson wrote most of this book.
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