Alison Moyet

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

— Alison Moyet

Becoming famous is a really shocking thing, especially when you don't have aspirations to it. It got to the point where I…

— Alison Moyet

I went through a string of A&R men who all thought I should be doing something different. One thought I should be…

— Alison Moyet

Yazoo was Vince's sound ultimately. At the time Vince and I got together he had only recorded one album with Depeche and…

— Alison Moyet

With the exceptional talent that is Guy Sigsworth as producer and collaborator, we have recorded a collection of original songs that sees…

— Alison Moyet

Of all the soul divas, Gladys Knight was the one for me. Knight's always been about tone and heart, none of the…

— Alison Moyet

It's really irrelevant, but I wouldn't want to be stick thin. It's better to have bit of fat on your face when…

— Alison Moyet

My strength as a singer is my versatility. I find it really frustrating when I'm only expected to show off. The music…

— Alison Moyet

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

— Alison Moyet

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

— Alison Moyet

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

— Alison Moyet

Personally I think women look better with a bit of chub on them.

— Alison Moyet

I love being middle-aged in general. I'm more at peace with myself now. I still have tormented times, but they are few…

— Alison Moyet

Yazoo is the name of an old blues label and also a town in America. I like it because it doesn't mean…

— Alison Moyet

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

— Alison Moyet

I have never truly applied myself. Lots of things have come too easily to me and at too high a level.

— Alison Moyet

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

— Alison Moyet

I threw away the whole of my working history, my photograph albums, diaries and stage clothes. Shoving big, ugly discs on walls…

— Alison Moyet

I just find P.J. Harvey so mesmerising to watch because she remains unfathomable. She is the kind of woman who makes you…

— Alison Moyet

My big chip is that I never had an education. I wanted my children to get one so they didn't fall into…

— Alison Moyet

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

— Alison Moyet

People always had something to say about the fact I was odd looking, bigger than other people, that I was awkward. When…

— Alison Moyet

One of the reasons I got really fat when I left home was because I thought rich people ate white bread and…

— Alison Moyet

I spoke Franglais growing up.

— Alison Moyet

There are very few record companies who will entertain a middle-aged woman coming to them with original material.

— Alison Moyet