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Hayley Williams

by Jennie from Leamington

Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams

Hayley Nichole Williams is a musician, singer-songwriter and was born on December 27, 1988 in Meridian, Mississippi. Hayley is the daughter of Christie Williams and Joey Williams, she is not the only child. She has two sisters named Erica and McKayla. They grew up in the town of Meridian. When Hayley was a child she was very shy, but at the same time loved horror movies. Hayley was a Christian girl and every Sunday went to church. She wrote songs and tried to sing them on her own time. When she was 14 her family and herself moved to Franklin, Tennessee. There she met the two brothers Josh and Zac Farro. The boys had some songs and after they became best friends, they made Hayley sing one. The boys were impressed by her talent. she was very shy, but when she sang everything was perfect. She was very good. She took vocal lessons and in this way she learned many things. The boys and Hayley went at many school concerts and also they sang at some clubs. The Paramore band made a lot of fans but they never had an album yet. Hayley combined her passion with her family life because her parents divorced and her mother remarried. Hayley spent her free time writing love songs.

Hayles was shy and suffered with stage fright. Then she moved to Tennessee, and got vocal lessons and took part in school productions, this helped her with stage fright. Later on she came across former band members, Josh and Zac Farro, and started playing song with them, soon then met Jeremy Davis and Jason Bynum. They made a band called Paramore.

A few months later the band started performing in Tennessee and soon gathered a small but devoted fan base. Just when Hayley and her band started recording for their first album, the band's bassist Jeremy Davis left the band for unrevealed reasons. Paramore soon began to be counted as one of most promising bands of the music scene.

Hayley Williams is my hero because she and her band inspired me with singing and writing songs. She is very energetic and has good spirit. She also inspires me because she was a very shy girl like i am, and she got practice and courage to sing in front of two of her band members then got vocal lessons and got better with that, then wasn't shy anymore. She writes amazing, crazy rock music. I have taught myself to learn her songs on the guitar, and i sing Paramore songs. I try to write my own songs like her, but sometimes it doesn't work. I think she could inspire anyone, she's just a very happy person and ever since i came across her band i have become very happy with myself. Every time I'm in a bad mood i listen to Paramore and i get happy. She inspired me not to be shy and to not be afraid to go for my dreams, cause anything you believe in can happen.

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Last edited 6/28/2010 12:00:00 AM

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