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When I'd go to Israel, I felt...

When I'd go to Israel, I felt like a tourist. My social and professional ties had started to dissolve, and it confused me. I didn't know whether I should stay here in Paris or go back to Israel, or even cut off all my ties with Israel so I could really plant roots here. Or maybe go somewhere else altogether.

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Today, computers help us maki...

Today, computers help us making the music. Its really a tool.

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I remember there was a little...

I remember there was a little organ which I'd tap my fingers on all the time. My interest in the instrument was so obvious, one day I got home from school and there was a real piano in my bedroom.

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I like finding that common po...

I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; you can be of religion or another, from this country or from another country, but we're all basically the same. It's just the same with songs.

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Hebrew is my first language, ...

Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.

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English is really free for me...

English is really free for me; there's no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it's just I live in Paris, and it's really a poetic language where you can really play with words.

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My first album was full of id...

My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved making music, but I didn't have a clear path. I also lacked in confidence.

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Today, computers help us maki...

Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool.

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I had arrived years ago in Pa...

I had arrived years ago in Paris and just wanted to be famous, fast. When you're pretentious like that, and you think you've planned everything perfectly, it's then that everything goes in the opposite way.

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Usually when a song comes to ...

Usually when a song comes to me, I don't ask a lot of questions; I hear something, and I just let it out in song. It's like making a salad. Everything I hear, and everything I am, I mix together in a different way in each song.

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I thought I was an old soul, ...

I thought I was an old soul, and that I knew life, but then starting the real life, I figured I am completely new.

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My big influences are Joni Mi...

My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal blues and jazz of Billie Holiday. Other influences for me include Bjork, Nick Drake, and Sufjan Stevens.

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As always, I wrote songs. Som...

As always, I wrote songs. Some people cook or play sports. This is what I love to do. Sometimes I can't express myself that well in talk, so I write songs.

Yael Naim 8 quotes

Today, computers help us makin...

Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool.

Yael Naim 8 quotes

I remember there was a little ...

I remember there was a little organ which I'd tap my fingers on all the time. My interest in the instrument was so obvious, one day I got home from school and there was a real piano in my bedroom.

Yael Naim 8 quotes

In France, I found there is a ...

In France, I found there is a lot of attention to the little details and to the quality of life.

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Songs are a way to express wha...

Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.

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I thought I was an old soul, a...

I thought I was an old soul, and that I knew life, but then starting the real life, I figured I am completely new.

Yael Naim 8 quotes

I like to sing covers of songs...

I like to sing covers of songs that are at the extreme ends from what I usually listen to.

Yael Naim 8 quotes

Today, computers help us makin...

Today, computers help us making the music. Its really a tool.

Yael Naim 8 quotes

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