Melody Gardot
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Melody Gardot (/ˈmɛlədiɡɑːrˈdoʊ/); born February 2, 1985 in New Jersey, USA) is an jazz singer, songwriter, and musician.
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Quotes
[edit]- People always ask, “Why jazz?” and I’m like “Why not?” It’s kind of like asking Seurat, “Why so many dots?” I imagine if you asked Bjork, “Why the Tibetan bells?” She’d probably be like “That’s just what I heard.” It’s the same thing. This is just the way I see music.
- interview with Interview Magazine (2009)
- (Q: I couldn't live without…) Love. It's more important than oxygen. I'm someone who believes that hearts don't beat voluntarily, they need a reason. If you lack self love or love for others you die.
- "13 Questions" (2008)
- You’ve got to be nurturing as well as commanding and being one without the other is ineffective. Too nurturing achieves nothing and too commanding makes us feel a little cold.
- interview with Rockwired
- Instead of talking to people, I will talk to my guitar or my piano or whatever. Something will happen in life and I’ll have a moment to sit down. While someone will enjoy a fine glass of wine, I’ll sit down for a minute at the piano or a minute at the guitar. It’s reflective for me.
- interview with Rockwired
- (Q: What would you like a person to come away with once they’ve heard ‘MY ONE AND ONLY THRILL’?) …I would like them to feel aware and to have an understanding that life goes really fast and that we all have the capability of carving out moments to make it feel adjustable, and slow and intimate, and precious. I know many people talk about with their analysts, but the way that we’ve created our lives in Western society is such that we wake up in the morning to go to work, work until we are exhausted and then spend time in front of the television, go to bed and then repeat the cycle. There is very little time reserved for enhancement of our own lives whether it’s spiritually, physically or mentally. There is a divide and I think it would be great if people who listen to it really take the time to listen to it. Hopefully people can escape life for a few moments and just enjoy it.
- interview with Rockwired
interview with PopMatters (2009)
[edit]- The lust for comfort destroys the passion of the soul.
- The moment that you feel that you are creating for someone rather than for yourself, you lose something.
- I think that being a musician is like responding to a lover. You go where you’re most embraced.
- generally speaking, the beauty of us all comes down to our souls. And a voice is a powerful example of what the soul is going to be. I think the voice is the closest thing we can experience to a soul in its purest form.
- My concept of music — what I feel is important, relevant and timeless — is different from what might be at the forefront of people’s minds in the modern-day world. I think that melody is king, the most important thing. The music has to honor that. We’re all just serving the song. That was the kind of thinking you had when Louis Armstrong was performing.
