Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Anne Merchantis an American singer-songwriter and musician. She joined the American alternative/folk rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and left it to begin her solo career in 1993. She has since released several albums...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth26 October 1963
CityJamestown, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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I just want to be known as a good songwriter who wrote songs that were enduring. I hope my music gives people a glimpse of how empathetic we were and how desirous we were of a better society.
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I don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mass murder is humorous.
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Literature gives us a window into other people's experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would be really interesting to investigate how different people had written about motherhood, and childhood.
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I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.
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I'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people.
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It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.
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The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd.
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Im going to be shaking my booty when Im 55.