Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Anne Merchantis an American singer-songwriter and musician. She joined the American alternative/folk rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and left it to begin her solo career in 1993. She has since released several albums...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth26 October 1963
CityJamestown, NY
CountryUnited States of America
nerd research phases
The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd.
girl song fun
When I originally wrote "Jealousy," it was more like an exercise to try to write a girl-group kind of pop song. It was really contrary to most of the material I'd ever written. I didn't pay much attention to the song after I'd recorded it. I didn't really perform it at all the last 20 years. When it came time to make the new record, I decided to make peace with the song and have fun with it.
able wonderful moments
It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.
remember shows
It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
who-i-am people trying
I'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people.
song use publishing
I've never sold my publishing. I have 100% control of all of my publishing and that includes everything, every use of my songs.
despair want culture
I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.
mother daughter television
I've raised my daughter with no television.
booty shaking
Im going to be shaking my booty when Im 55.
order different albums
When it came time to sequence the album, the new arrangements really demanded a different order. They were so different than they were before that the old sequence didn't work anymore.
humorous thinking murder
I don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mass murder is humorous.
mother children achieve
My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to be and what she wanted to do and how she couldn't achieve the things she wanted to.
wise philosophy eye
Have I been wrong? Have I been wise to shut my eyes?
self records way
I don't enjoy the work that I do. It's just that it's not self-sustaining anymore. The way that I like to make records - they're expensive records to make and just can't afford to do it anymore.