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" I love Robyn, not just because we've worked together. I mean, that's why we've worked together - because I love her. "
Neneh Cherry
Together
Just Because
Love
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" I like Kelela. I like Twigs. I love the more old school; I hate to say old school, but I love Peaches; I love Peaches, I love Cat Power. And there's constantly new things coming up. But there's something so beautifully powerful - for me being a woman, when there's a woman doing something, it really strikes a chord. "
Neneh Cherry
School
Hate
Love
" I think I've grown up in a mixed environment, and maybe a lot of the time I haven't really belonged anywhere in the way I've dreamt of belonging to, you know, living on the street and playing to all the kids on the street, growing up together. I suppose 'Raw Like Sushi' was a place where all of those things could come together. "
Neneh Cherry
Think
Place
Together
" I've never really spent too much or put too much gravity or placed too much importance on being a pop star. It's like, OK, great, does that mean I don't have to do anything anymore except walk around and be a pop star? "
Neneh Cherry
Great
Gravity
Walk
" The race is your face. Obviously, I come from a mixed background. Who I am and how I look and being black. "
Neneh Cherry
Face
Race
Your
" Rhythm, that's an essential part of cooking. The sound of a lovely song and the smell of some dish in the oven are equally evocative. "
Neneh Cherry
Cooking
Song
Sound
" When I was going to school, I just wanted to be like everybody else. I would pull at my hair to try and get it to lie straight. America was where I would consume and absorb black culture, buy Ultra Sheen and watch 'Soul Train,' but I still had that weird in-between thing. "
Neneh Cherry
School
Hair
Soul
" I'm 50. And I'm not ever really worried about being trendy. "
Neneh Cherry
Really
Trendy
About
" When I found out I was pregnant, my mother said, 'Don't separate your life, the life that you're going to make with this child, from the things that you are and what you want to do.' "
Neneh Cherry
Life
You
Want
" Rip Rig & Panic was a milestone for me, and I've always been really thankful that I did that when I was 16. It saved me for when I suddenly became really successful later on. So even when my head's been spinning like a banshee, my feet still feel held down to the ground. "
Neneh Cherry
Feel
Feet
Me
" I've always looked to other women for inspiration and kicks. When a woman stands up and does her thing, it never ceases to excite and inspire me. "
Neneh Cherry
Always
Inspire
Me
" My kids love Ibiza and we feel committed to it because we keep coming back to the same area. People recognise us in shops now and we have a social life here. We cook at home and have friends around. "
Neneh Cherry
Life
People
Love
" There's been a lot of coming home in the early mornings after funny nights out, having bizarre sandwiches in bed. "
Neneh Cherry
Early
Home
Funny
" If you want to make God happy, tell him your plans. "
Neneh Cherry
You
Want
Tell
" I don't think I would have made 'Blank Project; if I hadn't made 'Cherry Thing.' I think that was a real rebirth in a way, and a remembrance of how I like to make music best, the most. Like being in a more chaotic place, maybe. Like a place of making and being creative where the mistakes can be left in. "
Neneh Cherry
Creative
Music
Think
" I'm not an amazingly trained soul singer, so with me it's about feeling and energy and spontaneity - that's a really big part of who I am. "
Neneh Cherry
Singer
Me
I Am
" I've never been very good at fitting into boxes. "
Neneh Cherry
Fitting
Been
Boxes
" I was on tour with Little Dragon with the Gorillaz. She's got an amazing voice and is a lovely girl. Her vibe is fresh pressed and harmless fun with a tinge of the dark side if you look in the right bits of the tunes. "
Neneh Cherry
Girl
Look
Voice
" I found my place when I moved to London, where I chose to live, making my own tribe who were all from different backgrounds and places. The class thing is very dominant there, but in the cultural cross-fertilization, I felt a sense of belonging. "
Neneh Cherry
Belonging
Place
My Own
" I'm a bit of a rebel, and I always will be. "
Neneh Cherry
Bit
Rebel
Always
" I'm allergic to doing the obvious thing. "
Neneh Cherry
Allergic
Thing
Obvious
" Some people might be groomed for success; I've just always thought I've got a hell of a lot of things to learn and places to go. Creatively, I couldn't stay on the same treadmill. I chose to be off-centre and do collaborative work. "
Neneh Cherry
Work
Thought
Go
" I haven't lived in Sweden since I was a teenager. We lived in southern Sweden, about two hours north of Copenhagen, where my family's home base has been since 1970. Our parents bought a schoolhouse in preparation for self-sufficient living. They wanted to create a place to do all the things they believed in. "
Neneh Cherry
Preparation
Home
Two
" Being a grandmother is one of the least strange things in my life. It makes more sense than a lot of things... like photo shoots! "
Neneh Cherry
Strange
My Life
Life
" Everyone in Sweden has great hair and teeth and is clean-cut and organised. "
Neneh Cherry
Teeth
Everyone
Great
" I admire someone like Beyonce. She has amazing commitment. I needed to accept that I probably did not fit into that forum. Doing that 'The Cherry Thing' record was a big part of finding that place where I belong, where I may shine, but I never doubted it was there. "
Neneh Cherry
Amazing
Commitment
Doing
" For me, making music is about my whole life. The basics, the components, simple things - family, living, just going to the market and getting new fruit and veg. That's what keeps my blood flowing. "
Neneh Cherry
Family
Simple
Life
" I've always worked with my partner, my husband, Cameron, since 'Raw Like Sushi,' and in a way, I feel very free with what I do, but he also has an amazing insight in having intuitions that tend to be right a lot of the time, about where we should go next. "
Neneh Cherry
Amazing
Free
Husband
" I try not to be superstitious, but, you know, we never put any shoes on the table. That's totally against the law in our house. And I always salute when I see one magpie. "
Neneh Cherry
House
Know
Law
" We'd boil this whisky because we thought that would make it stronger. So we thought we were getting drunk, but in fact there'd be no alcohol left in it. "
Neneh Cherry
Stronger
Fact
Thought
" I don't think you can cover a song unless you love it and have a relationship with it. With 'Golden Heart' I felt a sense of responsibility. And when we were recording it in the studio, it felt almost dream-like. Something you might hear if you were in Senegal, with someone singing from the mosque in the morning just as the sun's coming up. "
Neneh Cherry
Sun
Morning
Relationship