Joan Armatrading Quotes

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• Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like.
• You find what you are best at and stick to it. I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music…
• When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didnt have time.
• It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After…
• You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know…
• All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the…
• I am not in love / But I'm open to persuasion.
• When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close proximity a great…
• Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture…
• So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and…
• I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process.
• Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.
• Whichever age you are, that's the best age. I'm a very "now" person.
• This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done three tours together now and I really, really like it…
• In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same.
• I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.
• I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in…
• I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.
• Writing music is just something that I was born to do.
• My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.

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