Suzanne Nadine Vega (born July 11, 1959) is an American songwriter and singer known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.Two of Vega's songs (both from her second album Solitude Standing, 1987) reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: "Luka" and "Tom's Diner". The latter was originally an a cappella version on Vega's album, which was then remade in 1990 as a dance track produced by the British dance production team DNA.Vega has released eight studio albums to date, the latest of which is Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles, released in 2014.
The Smiths were a great bond between myself and my youngest brother. We were huge Smiths fans and we went to see them in New York at the Beacon Theater. We got there really early, I think my brother was running a fever so we were in a perfect mood to see Morrissey with the flowers in his back pocket. I mean it was just great. I love a lot of their early songs.
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[on "A Thousand Years" by Sting] This is a beautiful, beautiful track that I used to listen to in the mornings when I was trying to get myself up out of bed. It's so beautiful, there's a kind of longing and sensuality in the track and in how he sings it and just everything about it, I'm always mesmerized by this one.
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I think all artists are unusual. I mean you have to be to stand out.
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[on "The Look of Love" by Dusty Springfield] One of the sexiest songs I think ever written and the way she sings it is just killer. I've tried to do covers of it myself live. I love singing it but there's just something about the way she phrases that's just really gorgeous and no one can sing it like she does. I've heard it said about her voice that she was a colonist and you can really hear that on this track. You can hear the shades she puts into all the meanings of the different words.
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[on David Bowie] He's great. He's timeless and it's because he constantly reinvents himself, which I know is a cliché to say but it's actually true. I remember in the Seventies thinking he was interesting but not really being moved to buy his albums at that point but then in the Eighties I loved what he was doing. And then when I saw him live I have say I just fell in love.
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All the mysteries of life come in A minor.
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My idea of a perfect folk song is something in a minor key with a tragic ending - preferably suicide or madness. Something with no chorus. Something with sex and violence.
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Has been on a world tour since September promoting her new album. [March 2002]
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In her music video "Luka", the boy playing the abused child is Jason Cerbone.
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Worked as an office temp (secretary) while struggling as a singer-songwriter in New York.
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Attended Barnard College.
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Her song "Tom's Diner" was used as a quality benchmark test track during development of the MP3 computer audio codec
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Her CD 'Tom's Diner' was the inspiration for the creation of the mp3 computer audio file format.
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Born in Santa Monica, California, but moved to New York when she was about one year old and considers it her home.
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Studied modern dance at the High School of the Performing Arts in New York (the "Fame" school).
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Mother, with Mitchell Froom, of daughter, Ruby, b. 1994.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Keanu
2016
writer: "Tom's Diner"
Friday Night Football
2015
TV Series writer - 4 episodes
2015 MTV Movie Awards
2015
TV Special writer: "Centuries"
Live with Kelly and Michael
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Today
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The 41st Annual People's Choice Awards
2015
TV Special writer: "Centuries"
The Voice
2014
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2014
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2014
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Die Harald Schmidt Show
2014
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Block
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2012 writer - 1 episode, 2012
Atop the Fourth Wall
2010
TV Series 1 episode
Proof
2005
performer: "I'll Never Be Your Maggie May" 1991 / writer: "I'll Never Be Your Maggie May" 1991
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