Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Thalia Zedek

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American singer Thalia Zedek.
Last updated on December 25, 2024.
Thalia Zedek

Thalia Zedek is an American singer and guitarist. Active since the early 1980s, she has been a member of several notable alternative rock groups, including Live Skull and Uzi both of which, according to Spin magazine, "made big noise in the underground", and Come. Critic Heather Phares writes that Zedek's music can be defined by "the permanent, aching rasp in her voice, her guitar's bluesy bite, the startlingly clear-eyed lyrics about life and loss."

I think I'm a lot happier than people might think from listening to my songs.
I feel like the songs that I write are best when they are performed by an ensemble, rather than by one solo instrument.
Though the inspiration for my songs almost always comes from things that are happening around me, I am definitely not always the protagonist in the songs. — © Thalia Zedek
Though the inspiration for my songs almost always comes from things that are happening around me, I am definitely not always the protagonist in the songs.
Every single record I make is an act of faith in a sense, and somewhere I also have faith that the people who need to hear my music somehow will.
I don't think being a musician makes me a role model at all. But I do believe that I have responsibility to offer people a helping hand when and if I can, just the same way that others have helped me. I think that it's important to keep that cycle going, and to give back to whatever your personal definition of community is.
I am very, very grateful to have the best and most supportive fans ever.
Just because I write in the first person doesn't mean that all my songs are autobiographical.
In terms of songwriting I think it might be a circular thing. I tend to go back and forth between quieter melancholy songs and more forceful, less traditional structures. I think when I find myself leaning too far in one direction I kind of rebel against it and pull the other way.
I think I've gotten a pretty fair shake in the music press over the years. The only think that kind of irks me is when people assume that I must be really depressed person because they find my songs to be sad.
I don't consider myself a skilled enough instrumentalist to be able to create the atmosphere that I want with just my guitar by myself.
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