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
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As you get older, your windows of opportunity close. I needed to make a record once and for all that could prove I was a good artist.
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As I was growing up, French was the language in the house, so when I started school there were lots of words I didn't know in English.
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I went through a string of A&R men who all thought I should be doing something different. One thought I should be a dance diva; another thought I should do Rock n' Roll; and one thought I shouldn't even be singing at all!
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My mother was an au-pair living in France, also a French teacher. My parents came over to England only a few years before I was born.
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I love singing in French. I don't think in French. Sometimes when you sing in another language because you can think about the sound you make.
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I just find P.J. Harvey so mesmerising to watch because she remains unfathomable. She is the kind of woman who makes you rue the day you weren't born her. She always seems to be the cat that walks alone, and you don't feel you are supposed to know her.
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I chose not to work. It was one of those sticky things that happen in people's careers when you have been around for a long time.