Alison Moyet famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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.
-- Alison Moyet

#School #Kids #Class
When you have a creative mind it doesn't stop going.
-- Alison Moyet

#Creativity #Creative #Mind
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.
-- Alison Moyet

#Jobs #School #Training
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.
-- Alison Moyet

#Independent #Gold #Labels
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.
-- Alison Moyet

#Nice #Artist #Thinking
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.
-- Alison Moyet

#Giving #Faces #Just Being
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.
-- Alison Moyet

#Men #Voice #Should
I think the world is a dead carcass and I think the purpose of human beings is as maggots...
-- Alison Moyet

#Thinking #Purpose #World
I was a single parent, and I was prohibited from working.
-- Alison Moyet

#Parent #Single Parent #Parenthood
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.
-- Alison Moyet

#Good Luck #Luck #Wave
With the exceptional talent that is Guy Sigsworth as producer and collaborator, we have recorded a collection of original songs that sees me moving away from a generic line up and back into the world of a programmer. Born of reconstructed improvisation I like to think of it as Prog-Pop, but I also like to think of big dogs as small horses. So donâ€™t hang on to that thought long. Unless, of course, you think it astute of me in which case I am right
-- Alison Moyet

#Dog #Song #Horse
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.
-- Alison Moyet

#Thinking #Priorities #Finding Yourself
It is interesting seeing young people these days and watching how unimportant music is in their lives compared with our generation.
-- Alison Moyet

#Our Generation #People #Interesting
Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.
-- Alison Moyet

#Stars #Sheep #Black

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