There are a few. As far as getting started, lots of people who really want to make a song have figured that out already. I very rarely get asked for advice from people who have never written a song and want to know how to get started. It’s usually about getting stuck or feeling like they’ve painted themselves into a corner. I remember getting asked a question from this one kid who was probably 13 years old. He wanted to know if it was okay to always write in A minor. He liked writing classical piano pieces and his favorite key was A minor. My favorite key is also A minor, so he wanted to know if that was okay.
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Suzanne Vega
American singer-songwriter
United States · b. 1959
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Born in California, Suzanne Vega, 58, emerged as a leading folk music singer-songwriter in the early 1980s. To celebrate the 30th and 25th anniversaries of her albums Solitude Standing and 99.9F, which included the hits Luka, Tom’s Diner and Blood Makes Noise, she will be touring the UK tour from 22 September. She is married, has a daughter and lives in New York.
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I would have tried to meet Lou Reed backstage. I went to see him for years, and never tried to meet him. Eventually we met at award shows and did become friends.
The most extravagant thing was a bottle of 1904 armagnac for $1,000. I spent $10,000 on a Martin guitar in the 90s. I also spent $100,000 on a Fairlight keyboard and I ended up giving it away. Oh well.
It feels like a yearning but also a kind of overwhelming glowing out.
Something by Leonard Cohen, I haven’t figured out which song yet.
Hormones – other than that, I sleep like a rock.
Ten more closets: I am a hoarder.
An astronaut, a writer, a dancer.
How little money really changes things. It buys doctors but not health, clothes but not taste, makeup but not beauty. When I was young and didn’t have anything, I imagined money had more power.
A death threat at Glastonbury festival in 1989. The police told me not to go on, but I said I had to because I was headlining. So I wore a bullet-proof vest. It seemed unlikely that I would be assassinated, but it was shocking and very stressful.
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