#on

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

— Madeleine Peyroux

#someone #status #wonderful #work

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

#always #been #chances #does #everything

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

#father #full #i #jackson #kinds

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

— Madeleine Peyroux

#enjoyed #experience #i #just #much

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

— Madeleine Peyroux

#bob #disappointing #dylan #even #good

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense. ↗

— Phaedrus

#cause #excess #keep #long #offense

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

#came #guitar #her #herself #i

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

#always #best #come #contend #going

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

#amount #artists #back #columbia #companies

Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bight side rather than the dark side all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am. ↗

— Michelle Pfeiffer

#along #am #dark #dark side #everything