Feist
Feist
Indie singer named Leslie Feist who gained critical acclaim for her albums Let it Die and The Reminder in 2004 and 2007 respectively. At the 2008 Juno Awards, she took home five awards, including Songwriter of the Year and Artist of the Year.
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth13 February 1976
CountryCanada
special sound midnight
I really love watching the 70s live performance TV series "The Midnight Special" and "The Old Grey Whistle Test". Those are the best performances you've ever seen, and they sound incredible.
black-and-white grandparent eras
It's amazing when you find a photo of your grandparents when they were young because it's black and white and the care that they put into their appearance back then was so grown up and specific to that era.
grateful chance familiarity
I was grateful to be away from all that familiarity, to have a chance to do something anonymously.
home rome years
I just went to Europe, spent a year traveling, and then I came home with a finished album and said, "Hey everyone I'm back!" I gave everyone their lighters from Luxembourg, gave them the postcards from Italy and Rome, then said, "Hey look, I made a record, too" and played it for them. The general reaction was shock, because it was so different from what they've known me to do.
variables environment adaptation
But that constant adjustment and adaptation to your new environment, all the variables are the same. There's always a promoter, there's always a rider, there's always a shower, and there's always a stage.
simple roots pleasure
You just never set roots; you take pleasure in simple conversations, because you know you're not going to have much more than that. It's very isolating, and that can be a good thing.
naps world meals
Everything becomes closer once you realize that the world is only as far away as a nap and a meal.
keyboards hitting invisibility
I've always been a bit wary of keyboards because there's an invisibility to it - you're not really hitting anything.
wine doctors people
If you calculate every single thing you could possibly need in your life, you would need no more than 200 people to keep all that afloat: a doctor, food, wine, cheese-eating friends, the person who makes paper, the shoemaker...
guitar trying hey
I would try to pick the guitar up sometimes, like, "Hey, remember me?" It was like reintroducing yourself to someone who's got a grudge.
cities egypt everyday
I spent some time in France, visited Egypt and Mexico City. I hung out, biked around, planted some tomatoes. I did everything except wake up in a new town everyday. It was really boring. It's just life.
dog wall thinking
I had a guitar leaning against the wall and I'd squint at it. It was almost like a dog that had been kicked - I didn't think I had anything to offer it.
forever care gone
With music, I wasn't curious anymore. There was no dialogue. By the time I stopped, I knew it wasn't going to be gone forever, but it just wasn't the right time for me to care about that.
zero fall forever
I wrote the album in the fall. In about four months, I went from zero to finished. It usually takes forever.