Madeleine Peyroux Quotes

I love playing to people and seeing them react.
Madeleine Peyroux

I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become more individual, express more of me. That's my goal. These songs are steps along that way.
Madeleine Peyroux

It's great to have other people's help. Then the music gets heard. There's a lot more commercial support for that now.
Madeleine Peyroux

It's work. I recognize that it's work, and it can be hard work, so making it a commodity is not so hard to believe.
Madeleine Peyroux

Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances.
Madeleine Peyroux

My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to the radio in New York, and all there was on it at the time was Madonna and Michael Jackson, so it sort of passed me by.
Madeleine Peyroux

My parents were older than normal when they had me, and had been very into the politics of the 1960s, so I was brought up in that atmosphere.
Madeleine Peyroux

Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.
Madeleine Peyroux

Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back.
Madeleine Peyroux