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KT Tunstall
KT Tunstall
Scottish Musician
Born: Jun 23, 1975
About Because Me Music Think You
It's very addictive having a hit. KT Tunstall
Addictive Having Very Hit
I've always tried to avoid music being direct therapy, and I've always found there's a power when you write something that can have its own interpretation - although I'm not being intentionally evasive. KT Tunstall
Music You Power Own Interpretation Tried Direct Something Write Although Always Intentionally Being Avoid Therapy Evasive Found
I used to take it much more to heart. Now I realise that negativity has almost everything to do with the person delivering it and very little to do with you yourself. KT Tunstall
You Heart Yourself Negativity Everything More Take Delivering Almost Almost Everything Very Person Realise Little Much Used Now
I can play piano, classical flute, guitar, bass and I'm OK on drums. KT Tunstall
Guitar Bass Flute OK I Can Classical Piano Drums Play
I like that I have a boyish figure, because I love wearing men's suits. KT Tunstall
Love Suits Men I Love Wearing Like Because Boyish Figure
If I can be somewhere with sunshine and have bare feet and a book, I'm happy. KT Tunstall
Happy Book Sunshine Somewhere I Can Feet Bare Bare Feet
What was incredible about the Maldives was that the entire island we were on consisted of sand. There didn't seem to be any dirt. You could walk around for hours barefoot with your white trousers skimming the ground, and they'd still be pristine white. KT Tunstall
You Walk Barefoot White Incredible Entire About Seem Dirt Could Trousers Hours Around Island Still Pristine Were Any Sand Your Ground
The topography of L.A. is fascinating. KT Tunstall
Topography Fascinating
Basically, my mum and dad bought me a CD player for my 14th birthday. They didn't really listen to music at all, but my dad had a couple of tapes that he'd listen to, like Tom Lehrer. My dad was a physicist and Tom Lehrer was like this really weird Harvard class professor, who was really cool because he was also a satirist and pianist. KT Tunstall
Music Birthday Me Class CD Harvard Physicist Pianist Had He Bought Weird Like Couple Also Because Tapes Listen Really Who Cool Tom Dad Satirist Mum Mum And Dad Professor Player Basically
When my divorce came through, it was like being let out of a cage because I hadn't been true to myself before; I was being something that was expected of me. KT Tunstall
Myself Me Before Out Something Through Divorce Cage True Like Because Came Been Expected Being
My first memories of life were Californian. KT Tunstall
Life Memories First Were
I've always loved the idea of 'Guilty Pleasures.' KT Tunstall
Pleasures Guilty Idea Always Loved
My father passing really, in many ways, was a gift: It made me look at my own happiness and sense of self and realize that I wasn't happy. I had checked all these boxes and achieved all this stuff that I thought made you happy. And I was miserable. KT Tunstall
Happiness Me You Happy Gift Father Thought Made Miserable Own Sense Ways My Own Self Had Stuff Checked Look Boxes Passing Achieved Realize Really Many
When I tried to get a record deal, only one label wanted me. The rest said 'oh, we've already got a girl with a guitar.' Can you imagine them ever saying that to a guy? KT Tunstall
Saying Me You Guitar Rest Girl Tried I Tried Record Record Deal Guy Only Deal Said Got Label Get Oh Wanted Them Ever Imagine
I've always felt at home in America. Obviously, there's down sides to everywhere - the politics of America can be hard to take but it's not great here either. I really love the country's landscape and I've travelled it many times. KT Tunstall
Love Politics Home Great Country Down Sides Everywhere Take Obviously Felt Always Times America Either Really Landscape Hard Many Travelled Here
I lived in L.A. for a year when I was four - my dad was doing a sabbatical at UCLA - so it always remained quite a familiar place. KT Tunstall
Year Sabbatical Remained Always Doing Familiar UCLA Quite Place Dad Lived Four
I guess if you make quality music then it has a longevity and it will find its place. KT Tunstall
Music You Quality Will Guess Find Longevity Make Place Then
My parents' concern has been one of my greatest assets - I needed something to kick against. If they'd supported me every step of the way I might not have had enough fire in my belly to get where I have. Then I think: was this whole thing reverse psychology, did you really go to those lengths? KT Tunstall
Me You Parents Fire Every Think Every Step Enough Kick I Think Way Those Has-Been Something Had Had Enough Step Supported Concern Greatest Go Reverse Been Get Did Where Psychology Against Might Then Really Whole Assets Thing Belly Needed
When you make an album, you have to decide how much you want to give away; you have to decide how much you want to open up. Because the more you open up the more rewarding it can be but the more dangerous it can be. If you really open up and it gets panned it's really painful. KT Tunstall
You Dangerous Give More Open Make Because How How Much Up Gets Rewarding Want Decide Much Really Painful Away Album
You know, we were outdoorsy types, my folks, and one of the first tapes I got, a friend gave me a cassette tape of Ella Fitzgerald singing with the Count Basie orchestra. And it was the first time, really, that someone's voice had really spoken to me, and it was just so pure. KT Tunstall
Time Me You Pure First Singing Gave Types Folks Someone Cassette Voice Count Had Spoken Know First Time Got Were Tape Tapes Friend Fitzgerald Orchestra Just Really Ella Ella Fitzgerald
I'm not really that comfortable, to be honest, singing about my darkest moments. KT Tunstall
Darkest Singing To Be Honest About Comfortable Really Moments Honest
Music for me has always been a vent and has always been a great outlet. KT Tunstall
Music Great Me Outlet Vent Always Been
I'm a huge fan of The Chemical Brothers and the Ninja Tune label and a lot of the stuff that they put out like DJ Shadow but I think, out of all of them, Leftism really just excited my musical brain in terms of the way that they mixed real instruments with dance tracks. KT Tunstall
DJ Dance Think Musical I Think Way Ninja Out Brothers Shadow Excited Put Stuff Like Terms Instruments Tracks Chemical Real Mixed Brain Lot Huge Label Huge Fan Just Fan Tune Them Really
Despite fashioning myself a very unconventional lifestyle with my music, I had ended up in a really conventional situation. I was also guilty of becoming a people-pleaser, which is absolutely exhausting and not a sustainable way of living. It can be so damaging to fall into that trap, especially in close relationships. KT Tunstall
Music Myself Fall Situation Living Relationships Despite Way Guilty Absolutely Lifestyle Had Unconventional Also Becoming Exhausting Up Very Close Ended Sustainable Conventional Which Really Trap Damaging
I really liked writing rhyming poems and plays. KT Tunstall
Writing Poems Liked Rhyming Really Plays
I'm a serial monogamist - I tend to dive in. KT Tunstall
Dive Tend Serial
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