Alison Moyet
Alison Moyet
Geneviève Alison Jane Moyetis an English singer, songwriter and performer noted for her bluesy contralto voice. She came to prominence as half of the duo Yazoo and since has mainly worked as a solo artist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionBlues Singer
Date of Birth18 June 1961
coming companies entertain few record
There are very few record companies who will entertain a middle-aged woman coming to them with original material.
people
There are a lot of people who can now see me as an artist for the first time.
children education trap
My big chip is that I never had an education. I wanted my children to get one so they didn't fall into the same trap as me.
It is not about writing those hits again. I am sure I could write them, but it is about the sensibilities.
I think with all records, it's the starting out that is the difficult stage.
applied easily truly
I have never truly applied myself. Lots of things have come too easily to me and at too high a level.
job
I have never had another job and I don't have a mortgage.
alienate created felt hole music neurosis odd peg round square
I was always an odd girl; I managed to alienate a lot of people. I felt like a square peg in a round hole in the music industry and created a lot of neurosis for myself.
When you have kids, it limits you. That was a choice I made.
book chapters favourite people tie work
When people ask, what's your favourite song, it doesn't work like that. It is more like chapters in a book that tie into one story.
stars sheep black
Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.
our-generation interesting people
It is interesting seeing young people these days and watching how unimportant music is in their lives compared with our generation.
good-luck wave easy
It wasn't like I felt I was on a wave. It was just so easy. It is only afterwards that I thought I really had a bit of good luck going on there with Yazoo.
parent single-parent parenthood
I was a single parent, and I was prohibited from working.