Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Nadine Vegais an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for her eclectic folk-inspired music...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth11 July 1959
CountryUnited States of America
pregnancy wells filled
When I was pregnant, I felt filled with life, and I felt really happy. I ate well, and I slept well. I felt much more useful than I'd ever felt before.
writing voice details
Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that theres a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the embarrassment of directly expressing to complete strangers the most intimate details of my life.
mother wife discipline
It takes as much discipline to be a mother and a wife as it does to do anything else.
writing civilized
A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized.
writing issues people
Of course, sometimes when you write personally, you are also writing about society, obliquely reflecting topical issues, but not in a way that people would expect you to or in the way that someone trying to make a point would.
girl hurt fighting
There are no rules in fights with girls. Just hurting.
song writing order
But I never want to get to the point where I write a safe song or one that represents my sense of a subject in order to appear civilized.
kids fighting ifs
I didn't go out looking for fights as a kid, but if it was necessary, I'd fight. Fighting was a daily thing where we lived.
guitar feelings because-i-can
I fingerpick a lot because I can get more of a range of feeling from the guitar than I can when I bash away with a pick.
daughter given feels
I still feel conflicted because I don't always get to spend as much time with my daughter as I'd like, given my work.
children responsibility parent
I was the oldest child, and both my parents worked, so I had a great deal of responsibility from a very young age.
mind notion new-things
I wasn't afraid of going places or doing new things. I would do just about anything or go anywhere. I'd get a notion in my mind and just follow it.
song writing intimacy
It's striking how commercially viable that impulse for instant intimacy is right now, especially in songs and writing.
important facts said
That said, I've never thought the fact that I'm a woman was important to my work.