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My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.

Joan Armatrading

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Joan Armatrading
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 9
Composer
Guitarist
Music Arranger
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Recording Artist
Singer-Songwriter
Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading
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This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done three tours together now and I really, really like it which is why I did the DVD as well.
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I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.
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I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process.
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I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.
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Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like.
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage.
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I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge.
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Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it.
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Whichever age you are, that's the best age. I'm a very now person.
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So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing.
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All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together.
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In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same.
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Writing is all about self-editing it's all about being present being aware of what's happening
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I am not in love / But I'm open to persuasion.
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Writing music is just something that I was born to do.
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It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it.
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You find what you are best at and stick to it. I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for.
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So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you definitely don't want arguments and I'm happy to say that I've always had a really nice bunch of people around me all the time.
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