出生于宾州小镇 Milford，Vanessa Carlton（瓦妮莎 卡尔顿）的成长过程中总是有音乐相伴，母亲是古典钢琴老师、父亲是 Pink Floyd 的头号歌迷，因此很早就广泛接触到从莫扎特到 Pink Floyd、从Fleetwood Mac 到 PJ Harvey、从 Neil Young 到萧邦的各类音乐；在她终日辛勤的练琴之下展现了惊人的潜能和音乐天赋，8 岁就完成生平的第一部作曲作品。持续累积音乐创作的她，从 17 岁开始在纽约下曼哈顿的酒吧演出；她清新自然的歌声与创作受到音乐大厂Interscope 的高层 Jimmy Iovine 的赏识，于是迅速获得一纸合约。
首航专辑《Be Not Nobody》中，Vanessa Carlton 以她流行灵魂唱腔诠释从古典到经典摇滚的多元曲风，时而柔情似水、时而热情如火、时而朴实真诚。由洋溢华尔滋风情的《Ordinary Day》揭开序曲，Vanessa Carlton 带领乐迷进行一趟游历异想境地的奇幻旅程；清新流畅的首发单曲《A Thousand Miles》一鸣惊人抢滩 Billboard 流行单曲榜 No.5…。
唤醒人类深层欲望、引起强烈情绪共鸣的《Be Not Nobody》更备受专业乐评肯定，滚石杂志将她评选为 2002 年最值得期待的十位艺人之一、称她为“流行版的 Fiona Apple”、赞赏她纯熟严谨的钢琴琴艺，并认为其音乐作品蕴含媲美 Tori Amos 的古典元素、丰富乐音及的和谐合声。
A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
Making my way down town
Walking fast
Faces pass
And I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd
And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you... tonight
It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever think of me
Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in
Your precious memory
Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by,oh
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you... tonight
And I, I don't wanna let you know
I, I drown in your memory
I, I don't wanna let this go
I, I've fallen...
And I still need you
And I still miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time, would pass us by
Cause you kow I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...
If I could just hold you... tonight
