Joan Armatrading Quotes & Sayings
25 most famous Joan Armatrading quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for her. She's a 74 year old British musician born on Dec 21, 1950.
“You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas.”
“Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it.”
“Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like.”
“My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.”
“Just an hour with you, and I understand why we had to meet.”
“Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.”
“Yesterday I was playing Beethoven's fifth, because I love that.”
“One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion.”
“I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge.”
“In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same.”
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