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Creativity Quote by Nicole Appleton

"I'll get pretty much everything the way I want it. I've always dreamed of a beach wedding"

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Control dressed up as romance: that is the little spark inside Nicole Appleton's line. "I'll get pretty much everything the way I want it" lands like a candid backstage aside before she pivots to the socially legible cover story: "I've always dreamed of a beach wedding". The first sentence is about agency, taste, and leverage. The second is about soft-focus fantasy, the kind that reads as harmless because it arrives wrapped in sun, sand, and an album-insert aesthetic.

As a pop musician, Appleton is speaking from a world where image is currency and personal milestones are rarely just personal. Weddings become content, brand alignment, and tabloid storyline all at once. The phrasing "pretty much" is doing quiet work: it's a wink that acknowledges compromise without surrendering the premise that she is steering. It's also a preemptive defense against the inevitable cultural side-eye aimed at women who appear "too demanding" about weddings. She claims desire plainly, then cushions it with a familiar dream that audiences have been trained to find acceptable.

The beach wedding detail isn't random; it's a shorthand for escape and reinvention. A beach wedding suggests open air, minimal tradition, photogenic simplicity - a curated "naturalness". Underneath, you can hear the negotiation between private wanting and public performance: how to insist on your own vision while staying likeable, relatable, and camera-ready. It's a small quote with a big pop-cultural tell: even joy gets managed like a production.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Appleton, Nicole. (2026, January 15). I'll get pretty much everything the way I want it. I've always dreamed of a beach wedding. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ill-get-pretty-much-everything-the-way-i-want-it-153917/

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Appleton, Nicole. "I'll get pretty much everything the way I want it. I've always dreamed of a beach wedding." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ill-get-pretty-much-everything-the-way-i-want-it-153917/.

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"I'll get pretty much everything the way I want it. I've always dreamed of a beach wedding." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ill-get-pretty-much-everything-the-way-i-want-it-153917/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Nicole Appleton (born December 7, 1974) is a Musician from Canada.

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