Quotes by Kat Edmonson

About Kat Edmonson:

Katherine "Kat" Edmonson is an American singer-songwriter who moved first to Austin, Texas, then Brooklyn, New York.
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I have a very specific memory of watching 'Singing in the Rain,' and looking at myself in the mirror after watching it and perceiving myself as one of those people that I was just watching on T.V. It was just kind of a knowing that this would be the ...

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When I tend to belt, it kind of reminds me of like a more '60s girl doo-wop kind of belting.

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Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged.

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Jazz is progressive, and it's alive.

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I want to play more festivals.

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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.

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Very often, writing a song is a process that happens to me rather than one that I instigate. I feel a song coming on and, like a sneeze; I wait for it until it comes.

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For 'Way Down Low', I was particularly inspired by a breakup I was going through and a transition I was making from Austin to New York.

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When I was very young I knew that I wanted to be in show business. I knew that I wanted to be an entertainer.

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When I was driving home after registration, I heard this song on the radio, a guy singing about not ever going to class in college and always hanging out and singing for his friends. I laughed and said, I can relate, because it was so much like me. I...

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I would spend hours absorbing every intonation, every inflection - how the singer would convey a sentiment and how it would sound coming out of their head. All of those things I very carefully watched and absorbed, and so I guess I was studying my wh...

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The first song that I remember writing in its entirety was when I was 9 years old. I wrote it on a bus, on a field trip. It was called 'Mystery Man,' and in retrospect, it was the beginning of my exploration of what it was like to have a man in your ...

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Growing up, my imagined life as a musician was something along the lines of me lounging in a Learjet en route to a swelling outdoor amphitheatre on a dazzling summer's eve.

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I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me.

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New York musicians rarely have the time for idle chat and conversation after a gig. Despite popular assumption of our scintillating after-hours, that illusion is overtaken by the constant hustle to juggle a part-time or full-time job, a myriad of err...

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I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn't necessarily commercially viable, and it's not necessarily marketable to my peers to a certain extent.

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I grew up with my mom; it was just the two of us.

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Author Bio

  • NameKat Edmonson
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter
  • BornAugust 3, 1983
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionMusician; Songwriter; Singer-songwriter