Yael Naim

Usually when a song comes to me, I don't ask a lot of questions; I hear something, and I just let it…

— Yael Naim

My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal…

— Yael Naim

Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't…

— Yael Naim

I don't hide my being Israeli. I say it in every interview. I put out a record with songs in Hebrew. The…

— Yael Naim

I remember there was a little organ which I'd tap my fingers on all the time. My interest in the instrument was…

— Yael Naim

As always, I wrote songs. Some people cook or play sports. This is what I love to do. Sometimes I can't express…

— Yael Naim

Today, computers help us making the music. Its really a tool.

— Yael Naim

When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.

— Yael Naim

I like to sing covers of songs that are at the extreme ends from what I usually listen to.

— Yael Naim

Being from Israel and a Jew is complex already, but with France, there is a freedom and a mix of culture. I…

— Yael Naim

I had arrived years ago in Paris and just wanted to be famous, fast. When you're pretentious like that, and you think…

— Yael Naim

My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved making…

— Yael Naim

I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; you can be of religion or…

— Yael Naim

Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.

— Yael Naim

Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool.

— Yael Naim

In France, I found there is a lot of attention to the little details and to the quality of life.

— Yael Naim

When I'd go to Israel, I felt like a tourist. My social and professional ties had started to dissolve, and it confused…

— Yael Naim

English is really free for me; there's no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it's just I live in…

— Yael Naim

I thought I was an old soul, and that I knew life, but then starting the real life, I figured I am…

— Yael Naim