Usually when a song comes to me, I don't ask a lot of questions; I hear something, and I just let it out in song. It's like making a salad. Everything I hear, and everything I am, I mix together… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
Usually when a song comes to me, I don't ask a lot of questions; I hear something, and I just let it out in… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal blues and… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
I don't hide my being Israeli. I say it in every interview. I put out a record with songs in Hebrew. The people who… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
I remember there was a little organ which I'd tap my fingers on all the time. My interest in the instrument was so obvious,… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
As always, I wrote songs. Some people cook or play sports. This is what I love to do. Sometimes I can't express myself that… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out. — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
I like to sing covers of songs that are at the extreme ends from what I usually listen to. — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
Being from Israel and a Jew is complex already, but with France, there is a freedom and a mix of culture. I have met… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
I had arrived years ago in Paris and just wanted to be famous, fast. When you're pretentious like that, and you think you've planned… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved making music, but… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
