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title: "1 Born Time Quotes By Eddi Reader"
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> [I've often felt I've been born out of my time, and when I started Fairground Attraction in the 1980s, I wanted to be a 1940s jazz singer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/i-ve-often-felt-i-ve-been-born-out-of-my-time-and-when-i-started/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

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## More by Eddi Reader

> [Why should Scotland be stopped from suggesting to the English people that we join a new union under new terms? Let's not try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/why-should-scotland-be-stopped-from-suggesting-to-the-english-people/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

> [I can speak French, understand Gaelic and know my history. That's the training music has given me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/i-can-speak-french-understand-gaelic-and-know-my-history-that-s-the/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

> [Miley Cyrus is about making money. Amanda Palmer is about making art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/miley-cyrus-is-about-making-money-amanda-palmer-is-about-making-art/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

> ['Vagabond' is about owning where I come from, understanding the real power music had to transport myself with, whether that's busking in Europe or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/vagabond-is-about-owning-where-i-come-from-understanding-the-real/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

> [I have never had a man give me money. I've always been the provider. I have always been the one who went out and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/i-have-never-had-a-man-give-me-money-i-ve-always-been-the-provider-i/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

> [People are people, and I get a bit annoyed that the music business only focuses in on the big metropolises. I find that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/people-are-people-and-i-get-a-bit-annoyed-that-the-music-business/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

> [I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/i-decided-to-build-a-studio-in-my-house-we-built-it-in-my-basement/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

> [It's not what you've been given, it's what you do with what you've got.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/it-s-not-what-you-ve-been-given-it-s-what-you-do-with-what-you-ve-got/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

> [I've often felt I've been born out of my time, and when I started Fairground Attraction in the 1980s, I wanted to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/i-ve-often-felt-i-ve-been-born-out-of-my-time-and-when-i-started/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

> [A couple of taxi drivers have asked me if we can survive financially as an independent nation. I say, how come we are more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/a-couple-of-taxi-drivers-have-asked-me-if-we-can-survive-financially/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

> [I'm not really clear what the whole deal is with flags. I like my flag, but I wouldn't die for it. There's issues of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/i-m-not-really-clear-what-the-whole-deal-is-with-flags-i-like-my-flag/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

> [I'm just an ordinary, walking-down-the-street, mother of two children who sings for her supper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/i-m-just-an-ordinary-walking-down-the-street-mother-of-two-children/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

> [I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/i-ve-been-a-massive-obsessive-about-jazz-singers-all-my-life/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

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