Natalie MacMaster Quotes

• '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 lyrics and just speaking. It just comes from inside.

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  Natalie MacMaster

  Thinking   Hands   Track  

  "MacMaster sings in praise of the fiddle 'In My Hands'" by Serena Yang, www.cnn.com. November 8, 1999.

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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 Breton Island.

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  Islands   Capes   Instruments  

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

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  Natalie MacMaster

  Crowds   Celtic   Mainstream  

  "MacMaster sings in praise of the fiddle 'In My Hands'" by Serena Yang, www.cnn.com. November 8, 1999.

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• I’m very proud to say that Buddy MacMaster is my uncle. He gives credibility to what I do and I’m glad I can carry that MacMaster name because he has created such a good name.

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  Natalie MacMaster

  Uncles   Names   Giving  

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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.

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  Natalie MacMaster

  Jobs   Children   Speak  

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• My uncle Buddy MacMaster is one of the greatest fiddlers Cape Breton has ever produced, and we've produced a lot of them! His fellow fiddlers owe him a huge debt, for he has greatly influenced and inspired all of us. He makes you want to dance; he can bring tears to your eyes. Anyone who likes Cape Breton fiddle - no, anyone who likes fiddling - needs to own this album

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  Uncles   Eye   Tears  

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• 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.

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  Fans   Return   Certain  

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

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  Departure   Entertainers   Performers  

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

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  Natalie MacMaster

  Hearing   Womb   Fiddle  

  "MacMaster sings in praise of the fiddle 'In My Hands'" by Serena Yang, www.cnn.com. November 8, 1999.

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• 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.

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  Country   Rocks   Listening  

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