Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk CMis a Canadian singer-songwriter of the adult contemporary music genre. She is also a classically trained pianist, and can play the guitar...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth18 May 1974
CityWinnipeg, Canada
CountryCanada
song want moments
If certain songs become popular enough to the point where I'll be playing them the rest of my life, I don't want them all to dwell on the same down moment that I'll have to keep reliving.
growing-up people trying
I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive about what's affecting you instead of trying to sing about a subject just for the sake of other people getting something from it.
mom sleep artist
Of course, I would be depressed sometimes, and my Mom would be worried about me because I would just sleep to escape. Cause I was so scared of being a musician or artist, or whatever you want to call it.
children weather singing
Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.
real winning thinking
And I think it's a real challenge to be up there sometimes with only a keyboard if they don't have a grand piano... and to try to win people over that way. It's really hard.
opportunity thinking feelings
Generally my feeling is that I think women are just in a universal way coming out, coming to their own more. And they have more opportunity, and basically we're equal.
numbers awards records
I can't say I want to earn a particular award or sell a certain number of records, because even if I do that, the satisfaction only lasts five minutes.
records influence rich
I listened to my record and hear lots of influences. And it's very rich... it's got a wide spectrum.
matter world kind
I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of all that really matters to me.
song writing thinking
I think it's important to really press on with the song writing and just go with it. There's no code, there's no craft... it's just let yourself shine through your music. If it's meant to be loved and heard, it'll happen.
lying writing europe
When I was 21, I got into a motorcycle accident while traveling in Europe and I had to lie around a lot in the aftermath, which was really the first time in my life that I became really focused and inspired to write.
canadian-musician excitement finding identity proud records
The real excitement comes from continually making records that I'm really proud of and finding my identity in the record making process.
awards canadian-musician sales spark
Actually, no, because awards don't spark sales as much as you'd think.
came canadian-musician developed good life maybe quite record songs studio took
Once I got a record contract, and I took my songs which weren't quite finished, or maybe they were a good idea, maybe they weren't. I took them into the studio and developed them. They came to life and they evolved... and they're great.