72 Quotes by Alison Moyet

I think the world is a dead carcass and I think the purpose of human beings is as maggots...

Yazoo is the name of an old blues label and also a town in America. I like it because it doesn't mean a thing, it has no immediate connotations. That's what I hate about so many names today - they're so obviously fashionable.

With the exceptional talent that is Guy Sigsworth as producer and collaborator, we have recorded a collection of original songs that sees me moving away from a generic line up and back into the world of a programmer. Born of reconstructed improvisation I like to think of it as Prog-Pop, but I also like to think of big dogs as small horses. So don’t hang on to that thought long. Unless, of course, you think it astute of me in which case I am right

When people ask, what's your favourite song, it doesn't work like that. It is more like chapters in a book that tie into one story.

As I was growing up, French was the language in the house, so when I started school there were lots of words I didn't know in English.

As you get older, your windows of opportunity close. I needed to make a record once and for all that could prove I was a good artist.

I love singing in French. I don't think in French. Sometimes when you sing in another language because you can think about the sound you make.

I just find P.J. Harvey so mesmerising to watch because she remains unfathomable. She is the kind of woman who makes you rue the day you weren't born her. She always seems to be the cat that walks alone, and you don't feel you are supposed to know her.

I chose not to work. It was one of those sticky things that happen in people's careers when you have been around for a long time.