#so

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

#difficult #friends #guitar #had #i

I always give the encore over to chaos, so people can yell out requests and I can hack my way through a song that I don't really know anymore. ↗

— Liz Phair

#anymore #chaos #give #hack #i

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

#become #billie #billie holiday #extraordinary #holiday

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

#become #conscious #developing #express #goal

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

— Madeleine Peyroux

#someone #status #wonderful #work

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

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

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

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking. ↗

— Phaedrus

#diverted #may #mind #ought #return

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe. ↗

— Phaedrus

#alliance #never #person #powerful #safe