[ Famous Quotes ] Nikka Costa quote

"I'm kind of on the left of it all because I fight for something a little bit different. I don’t do the formula music [the record company] would love for me to do. But having said that, I'm not a household name. I guess in my mind it's just a matter of time, because I think people want to hear something different. I think a lot of artists don't speak their minds and don't write about what's really going on for them because major places like the Wal-Marts of the world won't put your albums in their stores if you say certain things. So it definitely curbs your creative mind if you're writing and have that hanging over your head. It definitely affects me, that's for sure….I fight for it on every record. And I think that's why my fans dig me. 'cause I'm kind of carrying the flag for something left of center. And it's not even to say that my music is so avant-grade or anything. But compared to what's being played on the radio….I mean, I've been asked by my record company to sing differently because it'll be more palatable -- sing softer, don't scream, you know, don't whatever. Of course I don't listen to them." (Nikka Costa, in an interview with Now Playing magazine.)

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