Quotes by Natalie MacMaster

About Natalie MacMaster:

Natalie MacMaster is an award-winning fiddler from the rural community of Troy in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada who plays Cape Breton fiddle music.
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It's quite a job, so to speak, when you can really be with your child for 21 out of 24 hours.

Natalie MacMaster

When I appear onstage, that's my departure from Momhood - and I transform into Natalie MacMaster: the entertainer, the fiddler, the performer.

Natalie MacMaster

I love jazz and pop rock and country. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Def Leppard, AC/DC, Anne Murray - if I hear something really great... I want to be a part of it.

Natalie MacMaster

I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next.

Natalie MacMaster

'In My Hands,' the title track, is my very first vocal attempt, and I'm not a singer as such. But I've always wanted to express myself vocally on my albums, and I don't really have much of a capability for singing. The strength is in, I think, the ly...

Natalie MacMaster

I am a very musical person. I love music, and I don't just love Cape Breton fiddling, although it's my favorite.

Natalie MacMaster

There's some places where, I don't know if they're fiddle fans, or Natalie fans or if they just love Celtic music, but there's some places where there's just awesome crowds.

Natalie MacMaster

When you return to the same area a few times, you get that frequent rapport with the public and the fans of the music along with having a certain warmth when you walk onstage.

Natalie MacMaster

I've been hearing fiddle music since I was in the womb, I'm sure.

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Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other instruments out there that tempted me and it was like I had to decide which one. It was automatically fiddle, because it's the predominant instrument in Cape...

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Celtic music will always be around, even if with the mainstream crowds it dies out.

Natalie MacMaster

Author Bio

  • NameNatalie MacMaster
  • DescriptionCanadian musician
  • BornJune 13, 1972
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionFiddler
  • AwardsMember Of The Order Of Canada