Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Snowwas an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for her 1975 song "Poetry Man". She was described by The New York Times as a "contralto grounded in a bluesy growl and capable of sweeping over four octaves."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth17 July 1950
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
eye lost interest
I lost interest in being in the public eye.
course mind sort
I've sort of made up my mind that I have to do my career and I have to be a mother. These are my two responsibilities; of course the baby comes first.
artists close hazard ignored signing suddenly time totally
I was totally ignored for a while... that's a hazard of signing with a small company who say how small they are and how close to the artists they are. Suddenly they don't have any time for you.
gown kids
Give me a strapless gown and a rhinestone-studded guitar and some 55-year-olds in my audience, along with their kids and grandkids. Don't give me 'boogie'!
music
I would like to do something autobiographical, set to music. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I'm going to try.
poetry
Back then, I was an acoustically-oriented artist. Honestly, 'Poetry Man' wouldn't have been my first choice.
involved life stand tent terrified
All of my life, when things got too difficult, I folded up the tent and went to bed. I couldn't stand a challenge... I was terrified of confrontation. I was very laid-back, and just wouldn't get involved or fight back.
vulnerable
It's no sin to admit that you feel vulnerable and lost.
folk pop singer
I'm not a folk or jazz singer, more a hard-edged pop singer - with some rock, and song hooks.
motivation acceptance anxiety
The thing that helped me come to terms with performing was an anxiety, a desperation for acceptance. There was never enough positive motivation in my life.
couple thinking world
There were times when I had maybe a couple of hundred dollars, and times I made myself think I was on top of the world.
country people disease
A friend hipped me to hypoglycemia, which an article I read calls 'a disease for a nation of sugar junkies.' Who knows how many people in this country have it?
people littles might
Once I get out onstage, it's the same sort of basic production that it is anywhere else. But I might be a little bit aware that there might be people I know out there, who wondered where I was.
alive female fantasy
I wanted to be the greatest woman guitarist alive. I had fantasies about being a female Jimi Hendrix.