New Zealander - Musician | June 6, 1986 -
I'm not aiming to be someone like Christina Aguilera.
Gin Wigmore
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I want a long career in music, so you've gotta keep trying things out; it's gotta get progressively better.
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I'm just going to tour; that's the best way for people to get to know me. Focusing on the international stuff and breaking in to the States and U.K.
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I love playing shows. That's the time I have to really share what I am about.
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I listened to John Denver and Simon & Garfunkel. Edith Piaf was a huge favourite. Then I discovered musicals - I loved 'Les Miserables' - and, at about 14, I started listening to David Gray.
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The beauty of being a musician is writing songs. That's the best part. It's therapeutic and honest and private.
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No one can attack you when you're songwriting; it's you and a song, which is a great place to be.
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Honestly, Americans are more open-minded and have the patience and the time for new types of music. In Australia and New Zealand, you must earn your place.
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I'd say the key thing is to remain true to what originally got you into music. When I wrote 'Hallelujah,' it ignited me to do music because of the love and joy that I got from writing that song. Down the road, you get all of these opinions from people; just remember what got you started in the first place.
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I got down to business and started writing furiously. I wore my fingers down to a callous state writing with every Tom, Dick and Harry around the world, including a chap named Charlie who plays for a man named Bob, to wrestle my emotions and bring out the raw grit hiding in my tightly guarded sub-conscious.
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I love the energy in the U.S., you know. Everyone is really psyched. You feel really privileged to be there.
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That would be awesome, to be totally making records whenever I want and to play a show and have a few hundred thousand people there at any city you go to because people know you and your music.
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