Neneh Cherry
Neneh Cherry
Neneh Mariann Karlsson, better known as Neneh Cherry, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth10 March 1964
CityStockholm, Sweden
CountrySweden
mixed
The race is your face. Obviously, I come from a mixed background. Who I am and how I look and being black.
complete life singing
When I'm singing or on stage, I become complete all of a sudden. I'm whole. I don't think I've really had that in so many other things in my life.
almost coming cover felt love might morning recording relationship singing song unless
I don't think you can cover a song unless you love it and have a relationship with it. With 'Golden Heart' I felt a sense of responsibility. And when we were recording it in the studio, it felt almost dream-like. Something you might hear if you were in Senegal, with someone singing from the mosque in the morning just as the sun's coming up.
chose cultural dominant felt found moved tribe
I found my place when I moved to London, where I chose to live, making my own tribe who were all from different backgrounds and places. The class thing is very dominant there, but in the cultural cross-fertilization, I felt a sense of belonging.
addicted best carrying repeating slightly time
I think I've always been slightly addicted to not repeating myself. When you're doing something the first time around, it's often the best time. I think 'Blank Project' is about carrying on. Its that thing where you're making something because you have to, but you don't know how or why.
attitude bite particular quite songs
I'm quite a particular singer, and I need to feel like I can bite into the song, in a way, to make it my own. You want the challenge of the songs having some attitude.
amazing free insight intuitions since tend time worked
I've always worked with my partner, my husband, Cameron, since 'Raw Like Sushi,' and in a way, I feel very free with what I do, but he also has an amazing insight in having intuitions that tend to be right a lot of the time, about where we should go next.
anymore except gravity great importance placed pop spent
I've never really spent too much or put too much gravity or placed too much importance on being a pop star. It's like, OK, great, does that mean I don't have to do anything anymore except walk around and be a pop star?
chose hell might people places stay success work
Some people might be groomed for success; I've just always thought I've got a hell of a lot of things to learn and places to go. Creatively, I couldn't stay on the same treadmill. I chose to be off-centre and do collaborative work.
found life separate
When I found out I was pregnant, my mother said, 'Don't separate your life, the life that you're going to make with this child, from the things that you are and what you want to do.'
children reality skins
When a child is born into this world it has no concept of the tone the skin is living in.
grandmother strange photo-shoots
Being a grandmother is one of the least strange things in my life. It makes more sense than a lot of things... like photo shoots!
creative feelings records
I've always been doing stuff, being creative. But I got to the point where I starting to feel this longing, craving, itchy feeling - which was the first sign that it was time. I've made a few attempts to make other solo records, but when I've looked back at the body of work I've always felt like I was never quite there.
handbags needs bras
Who needs a handbag? I put my money in my bra.