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Madeleine Peyroux Quotes
American
-
Musician
1974
Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances.
Madeleine Peyroux
Music
Always
Everything
Wonderful
Chances
Popular Music
Willingness
Wonderful Thing
About
Been
Does
Include
Jazz
Popular
Really
Take
Thing
Try
My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.
Madeleine Peyroux
Father
Ear
Had
Hank Williams
Hank
Ravel
Varied
Williams
Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.
Madeleine Peyroux
Experience
City
New
Things
New Stuff
Enjoyed
Just
Much
Once
Really
Stuff
I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But my intent is to become my own voice, to be able to interpret these songs in my own way.
Madeleine Peyroux
Way
Voice
My Own
Own
Billie Holiday
Holiday
Intent
Interpret
Listened
Remains
Singers
Able
Become
Extraordinary
Jazz
Learn
Lot
Order
She
Sing
Songs
It's wonderful to work with someone with mentor status.
Madeleine Peyroux
Work
Someone
Mentor
Wonderful
Status
My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to the radio in New York, and all there was on it at the time was Madonna and Michael Jackson, so it sort of passed me by.
Madeleine Peyroux
Me
Music
Time
Father
Collection
Jackson
Madonna
Michael Jackson
New Orleans
Orleans
Record Collection
Full
Kinds
Listen
Michael
New
New York
Passed
Radio
Record
Sort
Used
York
I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to.
Madeleine Peyroux
Life
Good
Me
You
By The Time
Wore
Any
Bad
Both
Deep
Develop
Done
Down
Got
Happened
Live
Lucky
More
Needed
Never
Past
Point
Real
Takes
Things
Time
Trouble
Very
Want
I love playing to people and seeing them react.
Madeleine Peyroux
Love
People
React
Seeing
I Love
Playing
Them
Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back.
Madeleine Peyroux
Me
Confidence
Nothing
Back
Columbia
Disillusioned
Operate
Pulled
After
Amount
Artists
Companies
Going
Got
Happened
How
Massive
Seeing
Talk
Those
Vote
I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become more individual, express more of me. That's my goal. These songs are steps along that way.
Madeleine Peyroux
Me
Singing
Way
More
Conscious
Developing
Steps
Stylistically
Technically
Along
Become
Express
Goal
Individual
Songs
Very
Want
I've always loved singing. I find it exhilarating.
Madeleine Peyroux
Singing
Always
Loved
Find
Exhilarating
I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.
Madeleine Peyroux
Learning
Guitar
Play
She
Admired
Herself
Tracy
Came
Her
Just
Out
Played
Songs
Them
Wrote
I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk my way out of difficult situations.
Madeleine Peyroux
Guitar
People
Talent
Way
Intelligent
Intelligent People
Could
Difficult
Friends
Had
Make
Out
Situations
Some
Talk
Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.
Madeleine Peyroux
Good
Very
Even
Bit
Bob
Disappointing
Dylan
Records
Second
No matter where we come from or where we're going, we've all got memories to contend with, and it's always best not to do this alone!
Madeleine Peyroux
Best
Alone
Memories
Matter
Contend
Always
Come
Going
Got
Where
You have to let it all hang out, let go of the ideas that were more comfortable and embrace some of the sadness in your life.
Madeleine Peyroux
Life
Sad
You
Go
Embrace
Let Go
Sadness
Comfortable
Hang
Ideas
More
Out
Some
Were
Your
I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
Madeleine Peyroux
Me
Long
People
Think
Adolescent
Long List
Ma
Smith
Teenager
Artists
Bunch
Discovered
Early
I Think
Important
List
Were
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