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Parenting & Family Quote by Miley Cyrus

"There are so many people that have come up to me during our shows and tell me: "The hour that we are watching your show is the hour that my kids are happiest and are smiling, they are laughing," and that is what I long to do"

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Miley Cyrus is describing a kind of pop-star validation that feels both intimate and industrial: not charts, not critics, but parents testifying that a Cyrus concert briefly fixes the weather in their house. The phrasing is telling. She doesn’t claim to make “kids” happy in general; she clings to a single, measurable unit of relief: one hour. That time-boxed promise is modest on the surface, but it’s also savvy. In an era when celebrity is expected to be therapeutic, political, and endlessly “authentic,” Cyrus frames her value as temporary sanctuary. Entertainment as triage.

The subtext is a quiet rebuttal to the moral panic that has long followed her career, from Disney innocence to scandalized adulthood. Parents aren’t scolding her here; they’re thanking her. She positions herself as a safe conduit for joy, even if her brand has often been coded as transgressive. The quote also hints at the emotional economy of live shows: fans don’t just buy songs, they buy a controlled environment where family dynamics can reset. Cyrus is moved not by praise of her talent but by evidence of impact, which conveniently recasts fame as service.

Context matters: Cyrus came of age under surveillance, with her image endlessly litigated. Longing “to do” this - to reliably deliver happiness - reads like a bid for moral clarity amid the noise. Not redemption exactly, but a redefinition of what success is: being the person who gives strangers a better hour than they were having before.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Cyrus, Miley. (2026, January 15). There are so many people that have come up to me during our shows and tell me: "The hour that we are watching your show is the hour that my kids are happiest and are smiling, they are laughing," and that is what I long to do. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-are-so-many-people-that-have-come-up-to-me-149150/

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Cyrus, Miley. "There are so many people that have come up to me during our shows and tell me: "The hour that we are watching your show is the hour that my kids are happiest and are smiling, they are laughing," and that is what I long to do." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-are-so-many-people-that-have-come-up-to-me-149150/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"There are so many people that have come up to me during our shows and tell me: "The hour that we are watching your show is the hour that my kids are happiest and are smiling, they are laughing," and that is what I long to do." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-are-so-many-people-that-have-come-up-to-me-149150/. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.

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Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus (born November 23, 1992) is a Musician from USA.

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