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Andra Day
Andra Day
American Musician
Born: Dec 30, 1984
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It's hard to remember my childhood without remembering music. Andra Day
Music Remember Remembering Without Childhood Hard
That's why I loved Dinah Washington. She sung jazz, but they called her the Queen of the Blues. She had the control and sophistication of jazz in her note selection and how to attack a song or certain lines, but then attacked it with a painful force of blues behind it. That's why I admired her so much, because of that versatility. Andra Day
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I like things that are over the top and subtle at the same time. Andra Day
Time Top Over Over-The-Top Like Same Same Time Subtle Things
As a singer, if I'm in a room that is too cold, I kind of freak out, so I actually like the humidity, and I love the heat. Andra Day
Love Too Cold Out Kind Freak Like Singer Heat Room Actually Humidity
I like very, very dramatic eyeliner: I take it all the way out to my eyebrows. Andra Day
Dramatic Way Out Eyebrows Take Like Very
I'm not going to put myself in a box. Andra Day
Myself Put Box Going
Whichever chord progressions move me, whether it's rock, jazz, doo-wop or soul, I'm going to put it together and not be worried about whether people can put it in a lane or not. Andra Day
Me Soul Together People Jazz Worried About Put Rock Going Move Whether Lane Chord
As my face got cleaner, my relationships got cleaner. Andra Day
Face Relationships Cleaner Got
I play with doing a forehead bun a lot, just a bantu knot right in front of the forehead and keep it in with a clip. And I like doing real pinup styles but based on my natural hair. Andra Day
Natural Hair Knot Like Styles Forehead Real Doing Clip Lot Front Just Keep Based Play Right
I really like jazz and soul, but I also love so many other types of music, and I didn't want to be afraid to blend and experiment. Andra Day
Love Music Soul Experiment Jazz Other Types Blend Like Also Afraid Want Really Many
I was a dancer for about 20 years. It didn't really help me transition into music. Andra Day
Music Me Dancer About Years Transition Really Help
I danced for a while, and I knew I could sing, so I just began singing in a praise band at church and doing musical theater and jazz vocal performance in school. One didn't really lead to another; I was just always interested in the performance arts. Andra Day
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I decided to see how my voice sounds on different type of records. So I did Eminem and the Biggie, Florence and the Machine, and Muse covers. A couple of them just came from some jam sessions between me and my sister in her bedroom at my father's house in San Diego. Andra Day
Me Father Sister Type Machine See Some Voice Eminem Records Between House Couple How Bedroom Sounds Came Covers Did Diego Just Jam Different Decided San San Diego Them Biggie Different Type Her Florence Muse
I like the Victory rolls, beehive, pompadour - all of that stuff. It's just cool. And actually, with ethnic hair, oddly enough, it works so well because I don't have to tease my hair to get body. Andra Day
Victory Hair Enough Stuff Like Well Because Beehive Oddly Get Rolls Just Ethnic Body Cool Works Tease Actually
I went to a performing arts school, and we studied musical theater, jazz vocal performance, and they kind of start you out on those things because they feel like it is a good foundation, and it was. Andra Day
Good You School Jazz Musical Musical Theater Those Out Kind Vocal Studied Feel Performance Performing Performing Arts Like Because Arts Theater Foundation Things Start
When I heard Billie Holiday's voice, Nina Simone's and Ella Fitzgerald's - there was something about their voices to me that was such a different texture than what I was used to listening to at the time. Hearing those jazz voices were so different, and I think I just gravitated toward it. Andra Day
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Tony Bennett is an iconic jazz legend. Andra Day
Legend Jazz Bennett Iconic Tony
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