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Kimbra Biography

Kimbra Lee Johnson (born 27 March 1990), known mononymously as Kimbra, is a New Zealand singer and actress who mixes pop with classic R&B, jazz and rock musical elements. Her musical influences range from Prince and Minnie Riperton, to Björk and Jeff Buckley. Her debut album, Vows, was released in Australia in 2011. Singles from the album include "Settle Down", "Cameo Lover" (which won an Australian Recording Industry Association Award), "Good Intent" and "Two Way Street".

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I'm turning 22, so I want to start getting into work that reflects where I'm at in life now.

Life, Reflects, Start, Turning, Want, Work

That's the beauty of song writing. You never know when inspiration will come or how it will hit, you just gotta kinda grasp a hold of it and make sense of it somehow.

Inspiration, Kinda, Somehow, Song, Writing

Im so fascinated by the human longing for meaning. The way we relate romantically to each other is so much to do with our longing for meaning as well.

Longing, Relate, Romantically, Way, Wells

I like challenging people. I love pop music that can just throw you off.

Challenges, Like, Love, People, Pop, Pops

It feels like it's just starting in America and the UK. It's great to have a loyal fanbase in Australia and New Zealand. People in America say how polished our band are, but that didn't happen overnight; that came from doing all this touring back home.

America, Australia, Band, Home, Overnight, People

I guess there might come a point when I will want to live an anonymous life. I'm only at the start of my career, so I'm sure that moment will come, but I know how blessed I am to have this platform on which to speak and influence.

Blessed, Careers, Want, Anonymous, Guess

There's a vulnerability in music but you've also got to protect your sacred place and have a place you can still retire to that no one else knows about. So that's a thing I just try to balance.

Balance, Knows, Place, Sacred, Thing, Trying

But for me I think it's just about taking that time of reflection and contemplation. That's probably my process in every decision that I make: to make sure that I spend time just with myself, and really times of silence and mediation to go through that process; and music is a big part of that as well.

Music, Reflection, Silence, Thinking, Time

When people ask that question, it's very hard to nail down a formula or a circumstance that I always write in, but I definitely do believe that there have been moments, musically, when I have channeled something, you know?

Believe, Channeled, Definitely, People, Writing

It's a really cool time for artists who want to strive for a little more depth in what they want to say to come forward. We live in a very fast world right now. We've got all this media and music which is so accessible to us, it's here one minute gone the next.

Artist, Depth, Media, Music, Say, Strive

I think 'SNL' is so well-known for its musical performances, as well, and people really breaking into America through a really great performance on there. So I think me and Gotye are both really excited to be amongst such company. You know, it's great.

America, Know, People, Think, Thinking

I moved from New Zealand to Melbourne when I was 17. I'd planned to go to university to study French, but I was offered a contract to write and record an album that was too good to pass up. Looking back now I think that was pretty young but, at the time, I was ready to have an adventure.

Adventure, Melbourne, Planned, Record, Thinking, Writing

I do like the idea of pulling in different producers to get new perspectives. That's what I did with Vows and I feel it just gives variety and makes for a more exciting journey for the listener.

Different, Gives, Giving, Ideas, Journey, Like

When you work on an album for three and a half years, you're kind of ready for it to get out there. To have your songs reach people.

Kind, People, Song, Three, Work, Years

Music is my catharsis for that. It's an incredible blessing that I have this way of expressing myself through music and lyric, and I'm so grateful for that in moments of pain or of suffering - that I have this means of channeling it; it's really amazing. My band as well - having them around and being able to jump on stage and bond together and share that energy is really uplifting as well.

Grateful, Pain, Stage, Uplifting, Way

America is definitely something I'm pretty excited about.

America, Definitely, Excited, Pretty

The fun of being in the pop world is you can really play with people's perceptions of what the word pop means.

Fun, Mean, Perceptions, Play, Pop

I haven't stopped writing which is good. I'm scared to stop completely otherwise it might lead to stagnancy.

Might, Scared, Stop, Writing

Obviously I don't really go to church any more - no time.

Church, Obviously, Time

Yeah, letting go - even just musically, aside from emotionally - I find that quite challenging. Knowing the right time for letting go of my album, for instance, was a really big challenge. Knowing when to put the red flags up and say, "It's done. . . " And also, emotionally, with relationships.

Challenge, Knowing, Letting Go, Musically, Red Flags, Say

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