Alison Moyet Quotes

• Yazoo was Vince’s sound ultimately. At the time Vince and I got together he had only recorded one album with Depeche and Depeche were to go on to greater things.

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• Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.

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• When you make a lot of money for a record company, they don’t want you to evolve. Growing older, you naturally do.

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• When you have kids, it limits you. That was a choice I made.

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• When you have a creative mind it doesn’t stop going.

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• When you find yourself on stage singing and you are embarrassed about what you are singing in front of your peers, then you have to think about your priorities.

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• There has always been a feeling with people that they love my singing but not always the choice of material.

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• There are a lot of people who can now see me as an artist for the first time.

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• The press Yazoo were receiving were focused on the voice, This obviously was about trends.

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• The press gave me a voice too quickly, and that could have unsettled a man who had every right to feel he should be in control of the thing he had created.

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• It wasn’t like I felt I was on a wave. It was just so easy. It is only afterwards that I thought I really had a bit of good luck going on there with Yazoo.

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• It is not about writing those hits again. I am sure I could write them, but it is about the sensibilities.

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• Instead of thinking that’s a nice tune, you start thinking is it the right pace, is it the right tempo? That is the death nell for artists.

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• I wasn’t good at being affable. You get beyond that and realise the attraction in any human being has more to do with what they give to someone rather than just being face candy.

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• I was writing and I have three kids. I was occupying my time with them but it was difficult.

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• I was a single parent, and I was prohibited from working.

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• I have never had another job and I don’t have a mortgage.

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• I have never done any other job. I have sung in bands since I was 15. I left school completely unqualified. I have no other training.

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• I had been with the label since I was 21. The label wanted shiny pop but I didn’t. I found a little independent and we’ve got all these great reviews in England and now it has gone gold.

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• I came from a small town and at school in one class there was me, a member from Depeche Mode and someone who went on to join The Cure. That was all in one class of 30 kids.

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Alison Moyet (20)

Birth:	18th June, 1961
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Musician, Singer, Songwriter

About

Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet was born in the small Essex town of Billericay to a French father and English mother. Alison Moyet is an English singer, songwriter and performer noted for her bluesy contralto voice. She came to prominence as half of the duo Yazoo and since has mainly worked as a solo artist. Her UK album sales have reached a certified 2.3 million, with over a million singles sold. All seven of her studio albums and three compilation albums have charted in the Top 30 UK Album Chart, with two of the albums reaching number one. She has also achieved nine Top 30 singles and five Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart. Her most recent album The Minutes was released in the UK on 6 May 2013. The first single, "When I Was Your Girl", was released on 1 April 2013. A tour of the UK and Ireland to promote the album was announced for October 2013.

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