Tanita Tikaram – HuffPost 9.10.12

Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists?

Tanita Tikaram: Ooh. Well I hate to be boring and practical and unromantic, but I would say have a great lawyer. That’s always my favorite one. And creatively, just learn as much as you can from the people around you and follow your instincts and always tell your story, because that’s actually what’s interesting about anybody creatively. Just to have your own story.

MR: Is this what you’d tell the eighteen-year-old Tanita Tikaram?

TT: Yeah, I think so. I think as I get older, I understand that in a funny way, it doesn’t matter what kind of voice you have or what your playing style is. What’s important is that you have an authentic voice. That’s what people connect with, I think.