I'm a firm believer that if you stand by an artist you truly love you will one day have the opportunity to meet them. (It may be silly to you...but I fell in love with Hanson in 1997. I was a fan for six years, supporting them nonstop, and I finally got to meet them and it was the most wonderful moment for me.)

I just cannot wait for the day that I am able to stand face to face with Elliott, and tell him how much he has touched my heart. I'm sure he'll hear the same variation over and again, and I don't know that anything I could say would be new to him, but it will mean the world to me to look him in the eye and tell him what he has done for me.

The past few months have been so hard on me...I got a puppy and he passed away a week later, I had a HUGE falling out with people who I thought were my best friends, I lost my apartment and had to move back home, and I've been trying to juggle all of this with a part time job and finishing my Masters in Elementary Education. There were times where I just wanted to give up on everything, but I find myself pushing toward each Tuesday. If I could make it through the pain, I could half a short hour of reprieve each week. I could get lost in a voice that touches my heart so deeply, and I could get wrapped up in the story of a small town man making his dreams come true.

I hope to tell Elliott this one day, or at least something along those lines. As his career launches and progresses I'm sure his voice will continue to be an escape for me. That is truly the magic of music and voice blessed by God.

(And just so you all know, I adore this board and I'm so happy to be here. And be prepared, because I'm this much of a sappy shmuck all the time!! I'll bring the tissues!!! lol)

Anyone? ;)

I think I will faint.... :rolleyes:

I think my knees would give way before i could really get up the nerve to say anything....

Ashley this is really a beautiful post. I'll bet you get to tell him all this one day. And I'll bet he will relate to it and appreciate it.

I idolized two famous people one an actor, and one a musician. I met each of them through sheer circumstance. The musician I got to have a long talk with and he really appreciated everything I had to say about what his music had meant to me. The actor, I turned into a complete and total fan-ass: "I just loooooove you" was all I could muster out.

Thanks for the post! :) I hope it comes true for all of us here!

IF I was ever to meet him? Good grief.. I dunno what I would do. I'm extremely shy irl so I'd probably just stand there grinning like an idiot creating a very awkward moment :P

"Blith, bleh-liez luh-mawble..." is how I'll start because I'm certain to be a blithering idiot from the initial shock of actually seeing his thudmuffinity in front of me. Then, I'll regain my composure and tell him, "Keep being the same old E." ;)

LOL
And the phrase beneath your avatar- LMAO!

when i met him, i really didn't have time to say anything. all i could say was, "I drove all the way from Baltimore to be here." (this was in Richmond) - he grabbed my hand, looked at me, and said, "Thank you." Then, we he handed me the autographed photo, I said "Shalom", and he said "Shalom" back.

i had so much i had wanted to say to him ... i wanted to tell him how much he's inspired me. .. i wanted to tell him how amazing i thought he was ... but, what i said worked for me, and i think it worked for him, because it got his attention. :)

LOL, you guys are too much. All I can think about is during his hometown visit when that woman said she was nervous, and he said he was just the same old guy. I think out of all of the people I've admired, I look forward to meeting him the most because I think he will be the most down to Earth and easy to relate to.

Hi Elliott, and try to hug him. He'd know ..... nothing bad here just hugging for affection of a sweet spirit. All right, maybe a little more.

ElliottAshah you are so lucky! What a wonderful encounter. I'm sure you wanted to say more, but obviously he fully understood how much you care for him and want to support him. It's so sweet that he took your hand and said Shalom.

I've said it a million times, and I'll say it again. Yamin is a class act!

What a truly beautiful post! If I am fortunate to meet E one day, I will tell him what a truly beautiful person he is, both inside & out & how grateful I am that he is sharing his amazing gift with us!

it was awesome. i've met a lot of baseball players over the years (i'm a huge Orioles fan), most of them could have cared less about me, they just signed the autographs because it made them look good. (Mike Mussina was the lone exception.) Elliott was a true class act. when he took my hand and said, "Thank you", i truly felt like that for those few seconds, i was the most important person in the world to him, and that he truly appreciated that i had driven 3 hours to see him.

SILENCE...AND THEN I HIT THE FLOOR.....
OR EVEN WORSE..I WOULD PROBABLY BREAK DOWN
AND CRY.....

I am also very shy in real life, at least with people I am meeting for the first time. Once I get to know you, though, I am not the least bit shy AT ALL!!

And I feel like I almost know Elliott from watching his journey on American Idol, so I honestly believe the first thing I would say is, "Can I have a hug?" :)

THEN, I'd gush on and on about his too sweet for words personality, and THAT VOICE, that amazing voice. I'd tell him he was much too good for American Idol, too cool for such a cheeseball show, etc. etc. etc.

I'd talk his ear off, probably...get a photograph and an autograph to go with that hug...I think the only thing I WOULDN'T tell him is how incredibly HOT I think he is...he'd probably get a little skeeved out since I am 19 years older than he is!

Naaaaah...I'd tell him that, too!! Everyone tells me I look like I'm 10-15 years younger than I am, so why not tell him how gorgeous he is?? I bet he'd be tickled to hear it!

where did you meet him?

i met him in Richmond.

i need many chances to meet with him, 'cos the first time i would probably faint... the second time i would probably cry and mutter out gibberish.... i would be able to finally speak AT LEAST at the third time... or if i'm with him long enough to let it all sink in.

i want to meet this guy so bad.

I would tell him first I am also a Type 1 diabetic and go on how he has changed "my" life. I will never doubt myself ever again and let diabetes keep me back from anything. Then be like OMG I am a str8 guy and I LOVE YOU!!!! lol

ROFLMAO!!!! U ROCK!!

Oh I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve like Elliott. I would probably cry as I sometimes do when my sons do something special or have reached a milestone in their lives. Then I would tell him how much his God given talent and his sincere goodness had touched my heart and soul. Pretty sappy huh. But what can I say. He became family to me.

EEEPPPP, of course.

Honestly, he seems so approachable and nice that I think it'd just be normal but special.

I dunno!

The only wierd thing is that I might have met him and not known it - my college did a campaign trip for the governor's race. My group did Central and North Virginia and a little of the South. Odds are that I called the guy and annoyed him. Oops!

Or maybe he was the really sweet guy that I talked to whilst shmoozing with the Virginians.

AAAHHHHH :o

Lol, I was just about to type the same thing.

Hey Elliott, you've never ever seen me before but I think you're the most awesome person to ever appear on my television. I appreciate your genuine heart and you're disregard for what others think of you. The way you express yourself, through your actions, and your music is amazing. You're humble. You're loving. You're a true blue human being. But above all, you're an inspiration and a hero. I love you in the straightest way possible Elliott!

:lol: Says, the teenage lunatic who is posting on a predominantly female board

Actually I've been trying to devise a plan to try and meet him. I dont know how I'm gonna pull it off all the way in Chicago but I would do anything to meet him!! If I ever had the honor of our boy, I would without a doubt cry. Cry my freakin eyes out. Then once rationality set it I would just say, "I love you" until he is so uncomfortable that he needs to leave. But it will be amazing.

Rofl... hilarious!

:banana:

I wish I knew what I'd say...I've never met anyone famous before...I'd probably freak out! But hopefully I'd be smart enough to ask for a hug and a picture/autograph. I'd like to blab on about how great he is, musically, and as a human being. I've liked musicians before, but never like this....I'd love the opportunity to meet him!

Hmm, I will do a Paul Abdul.

:: teary-eyed ::

they I will say "Elliott. You. Moved. Me."

then hug him.

(the perfect excuse to hug my favorite singer! lol! :D )

Is this before or after I start to cry?

hey hon!! first of all, saw Hanson last year here in New Hampshire, and they were AMAZING!!! Zach was even good enough after the show, to give my 4 year old son Noah, who plays drums, one of his drumsticks after the show!! My dream has always been to meet Roger Taylor, the drummer from Duran Duran, as he has influenced me in more ways than you could ever imagine. I came REAL close last year, and think that next tour, I may be just so lucky. If I am lucky enough to meet our Elliott, I would just thank him, for deciding to go to the auditions in Boston, cause look how many lives he has touched, and how his has changed, from that one very SMART, decision:)

first i'd try to come off all cool and calm - you know, like i meet celebrities everyday.

then i'd open my mouth to say something charming and/or profound that i've been trying to come up with in my head for days.


and what would come out?

something along the lines of "elliott, i think you're really cool."

then i'd freeze.


....and all the profound statements i told myself i'd say to him would go right out the window and i'll look like an overgrown fangirlie.

then he'll smile and proceed to tell me i have something in my teeth, because that's just my luck.

:blink:

the end.

I would tell Elliott that he has touched my heart and that as a mother how much it means to know that your son loves you and isn't afraid to say and show it. Then I would ask for a hug and an ambulance. :thud: