Madeleine Peyroux Quotes

• 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

  Memories, Where We Come, Matter

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• My parents were older than normal when they had me, and had been very into the politics of the 1960s, so I was brought up in that atmosphere.

  Madeleine Peyroux

  Parent, Atmosphere, Normal

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• 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

  Teenager, Artist, Thinking

  "Madeleine Peyroux looks deep inside". Interview with Shanon Cook, www.cnn.com. August 19, 2009.

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• 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

  Song, Holiday, Order

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• I love playing to people and seeing them react.

  Madeleine Peyroux

  People, Seeing

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• My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.

  Madeleine Peyroux

  Father, Ears, Ravel

  "The singer who disappeared" by Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. January 12, 2005.

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• It's great to have other people's help. Then the music gets heard. There's a lot more commercial support for that now.

  Madeleine Peyroux

  People, Support, Helping

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• Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.

  Madeleine Peyroux

  Cities, Stuff, Enjoyed

  "The singer who disappeared" by Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. January 12, 2005.

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• Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.

  Madeleine Peyroux

  Records, Bob, Disappointing

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• It's wonderful to work with someone with mentor status.

  Madeleine Peyroux

  Mentor, Wonderful

  "The singer who disappeared" by Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. January 12, 2005.

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• I've always loved singing. I find it exhilarating.

  Madeleine Peyroux

  Singing, Exhilarating

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• 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

  Intelligent, Guitar, Difficult Situations

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• 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

  New York, Father, New Orleans

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• 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

  Song, Guitar, Play

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• 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

  Confidence, Artist, Vote

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• 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

  Real, Live Life, Past

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• 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

  Song, Goal, Singing

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• The wonderful thing about Jazz is its willingness to take chances.

  Madeleine Peyroux

  Music, Chance, Jazz

  "The singer who disappeared" by Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. January 12, 2005.

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