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.

However in 2003 their relationship ended. A clip of her recording of "Blue Alert" was used in an Old Navy jeans advertisement in 2007. She has dropped "out of sight" for extended periods of time as when Madeleine Peyroux spent several years busking after the release of her first record.

Madeleine Peyroux (born January 1 1973 Athens Georgia United States) is an American jazz singer songwriter and guitarist. Peyroux (French pronunciation: ​[madˈlɛn pɛˈʁu]) is noted for her vocal style which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday.