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KT Tunstall Quotes
KT Tunstall Quotes
KT Tunstall
Scottish
Musician
Born:
Jun 23
,
1975
About
Because
Me
Music
Think
You
There was an obvious display of blatant sexism when I couldn't get signed. They didn't say I was ugly. They didn't say that they didn't like the music. They said I was too old! At 26! So Badly Drawn Boy, Doves, Elbow, James Blunt - you can be a gnarly old beardy bloke with a bit of a paunch and that's all right?
KT Tunstall
Music
You
Ugly
Old
Too
Say
Bit
Drawn
Signed
Sexism
Badly
Blatant
Like
Obvious
Boy
Said
Gnarly
Bloke
Get
James
Blunt
Elbow
Doves
Display
Right
I joined a drama group when I was eight. It was the first time I'd made the connection with an audience.
KT Tunstall
Time
Made
First
Group
Drama
Joined
First Time
Audience
Eight
Connection
Touring is such a major sacrifice, especially as you get older, to be away from friends and family and home and any sort of routine or home comforts.
KT Tunstall
Home
Family
You
Sacrifice
Older
Touring
Major
Sort
Comforts
Friends
Friends And Family
Get
Any
Away
Routine
I was a child badminton wizard.
KT Tunstall
Badminton
Wizard
Child
I always try to travel as light as possible. I feel really embarrassed having loads of luggage.
KT Tunstall
Travel
Light
Try
Embarrassed
Possible
I Feel
Having
Feel
Always
Really
Luggage
Loads
Use Creme de la Mer balm when your skin gets dry on a plane. You can put it on your cheeks to give your face a bit of a glow after you land.
KT Tunstall
You
Face
Skin
Bit
Give
Put
Cheeks
Dry
Glow
Balm
La
Gets
After
Land
Plane
Use
Your
I was very into tribal techno and used to go and really lose myself in great dance music.
KT Tunstall
Music
Myself
Great
Dance
Tribal
Lose
Dance Music
Go
Very
Really
Used
Techno
I believe that the Universe is like a single organism, and we are all little nerve endings feeding our experiences back into a whole.
KT Tunstall
Single
Believe
Universe
Back
Our
I Believe
I Believe That
Nerve
Feeding
Like
Endings
Experiences
Little
Organism
Whole
In Scotland, Dad grew courgettes which were the size of my leg. I'd step into the garden and it was like 'The Day of the Triffids.'
KT Tunstall
Day
Garden
Step
Like
Were
Scotland
Leg
Size
Grew
Which
Dad
I follow the Bulletproof diet - it is based on grass-fed steak, vegetables, no carbs and a lot of butter.
KT Tunstall
Vegetables
Follow
Steak
Bulletproof
Lot
Diet
Based
Carbs
Butter
Skiing fast feels like complete freedom to me.
KT Tunstall
Freedom
Me
Complete
Complete Freedom
Feels
Like
Skiing
Fast
I grew up thinking, 'You go to university, you get your degree, you get a job, you get married and then you have a family.' But when I got to the point in my life where I had all those things, and was looking to start a family, I was miserable. I realised I didn't want kids.
KT Tunstall
Life
Family
You
Job
Degree
My Life
Miserable
Looking
Thinking
Those
Kids
Married
Point
Had
Got
Go
Up
Get
Get Married
Where
Want
Grew
Realised
Then
Your
Things
Start
University
I would never pigeon hole myself stylistically because I just don't know what I am going to want to do next.
KT Tunstall
Myself
I Am
Would
Never
Know
Pigeon
Because
Am
Stylistically
Going
Just
Want
Hole
Next
KIN' is basically a kind of rite of passage, scars-and-all celebration of going through difficult things in your life and being better for it.
KT Tunstall
Life
Better
Difficult
Kin
Kind
Rite
Through
Passage
Celebration
Going
Being
Your
Things
Basically
Difficult Things
I can do the vocal acrobatics but I really try not to. I've always been drawn to singers who sing it like it is, pure, straight down the line: Ella Fitzgerald, Patti Smith, Carole King. Simplicity is really important to me.
KT Tunstall
Me
Simplicity
Try
Pure
King
Important
Down
I Can
Drawn
Vocal
Like
Sing
Singers
Smith
Always
Line
Been
Fitzgerald
Patti Smith
Straight
Really
Who
Ella
Ella Fitzgerald
Venice Beach is incredibly quiet at night: no streetlights, no traffic, hummingbirds in the garden, palm trees everywhere.
KT Tunstall
Garden
Trees
Incredibly
Everywhere
Beach
Venice
Traffic
Quiet
Palm
Night
Sales have never been a source of joy for me in terms of my music. It's really about who's turning up at your shows, what people are saying about it.
KT Tunstall
Music
Saying
Me
People
Joy
About
Never
Terms
Been
Source
Sales
Up
Turning
Really
Your
Shows
I think there is optimism to what I write.
KT Tunstall
Think
I Think
I Write
Write
Optimism
You know there's this really strange mystique about Simon and Garfunkel, when they use the amazing mandolin and all the percussive stuff. It sometimes sounds very global.
KT Tunstall
You
Strange
Sometimes
Amazing
About
Simon
Mystique
Stuff
Global
Know
Sounds
Very
Mandolin
Really
Use
Most of my friends in London are musicians, but the ones in Scotland have proper jobs.
KT Tunstall
Musicians
Jobs
London
Proper
Most
Friends
Scotland
It strikes me as very odd for someone to think, 'You know what, if I put on a bikini, I may shift some more records,' but it happens. If people are comfortable with that, fine, but it's not something that would ever cross my mind.
KT Tunstall
Me
You
People
Mind
Think
Strikes
Would
Fine
Some
Cross
Someone
Something
More
Records
Put
Know
Comfortable
Odd
Shift
Very
What If
May
Happens
Bikini
Ever
I'm shocked at how much I can talk about myself.
KT Tunstall
Myself
I Can
About
Talk
How
How Much
Shocked
Much
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