GE Appliances has agreed to give my mom a whole kitchen's worth of new appliances and a washer and dryer, and all I need to do is shout them out.
— Darci Lynne Farmer
Petunia relates to me more than any other. She was shy at first, but she's definitely come out of her shell, I can tell you that. Petunia is like this small little rabbit, but her big huge voice comes out of her little body.
It's just weird because I can't believe that all those people wanna come see me. Like, there's so many. So, it's just crazy to think about, but it's also really awesome.
Pentatonix are amazing, and meeting Hunter Hayes was awesome.
First, I am definitely going to give some money to my mission program at church, and then I have to get my mom a dishwasher.
I hate flying. It creeps me out, and it scares me half to death.
One time, it was really funny, I was going on stage... and they were like, 'Oh, we didn't mic the puppet! Mic the puppet!' So, that's how I know that sometimes I do a very good job, because they think that the puppet is actually, like, real.
I go to California and to New York, and it's not like the people are really mean.
I'm always going to have the puppets, probably not for the rest of my life, but I'm not going to stop doing ventriloquism anytime soon. I'm just going to add singing, recording songs, and maybe playing in a TV show.
I just say go for it and be yourself, even if you're scared or nervous, because you'll never know what happens if you don't try.
I don't really want to be known as just the puppet girl or just a singing ventriloquist. I want to be known as the performer, singer, ventriloquist, actress, Broadway star, all of it. I want do it all.
We had a big fan base in Oklahoma City, and that was nice to know.
During the week, I'm a normal kid, and then on the weekends, I go out and perform to thousands of people.
It just means so much to me that America voted for me, and I get to see all my friends and family supporting me and crying with me.
It's a little crazy. Last year, I was in seventh grade, and we were the babies at the school - 'cause my middle school's eighth grade and seventh grade - and now I'm eighth grade, and all these new students have come in, and they're all like, 'Oh my gosh! Darci Lynne!'
Sometimes when I'm performing, whenever my puppet cracks a joke, it actually makes me laugh.
Even though I'm in this big, crazy business, I'm still just myself. I still celebrate Christmas; I still live at home.
There are times where I'm like, 'I wish I can do this' or 'I wish I can be normal like this,' but with my life, I try to keep it normal.
Edna - when I first picked her up, she had a voice that really spoke to me.
'AGT' was so much fun because I feel like the best part was meeting all of the contestants because everyone there was never mean, never competition - except for Preacher. But I'm kidding. He would just mess around and be like, 'I'm gonna beat you.' Everybody there was just really nice, and I got to be friends with mostly everyone there.
I decided I want to sing more because that's been my passion since I was six.
We filmed part of it here at the Alex Theatre in Los Angeles, and then we filmed the other part of it in Oklahoma because that's where I live. It's called 'Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas.' We wanted to incorporate that I celebrate Christmas just like any other kid.
I wanted to get a puppy, but then things started getting super, super busy, and I didn't have a chance.
I love singing with my mouth open. And I'm actually able to sing even better that way.
We always go to downtown Oklahoma City to look at all the Christmas lights that have been put up... We go to the Christmas Eve service at church, and we always beg my parents to open a present - just one present - on Christmas Eve. We get them to cave.
I guess just being more known is the biggest change, getting noticed in public and having a lot of followers on Instagram and things like that. Just a crazy new life.
I go to public school, which is nice because that's where I can go to be Darci, and when I perform, I'm Darci Lynne. It's my balance.
