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Shingai Elizabeth Maria Shoniwa is an English singer, best known as the vocalist and bassist for the UK indie rock band Noisettes. Her first name, Shingai, means "be bold/courageous/strong" in the Shona language.

✵ 1. September 1981
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Famous Shingai Shoniwa Quotes

“I love dressing up. I’m from a huge African family and grew up in a really colorful place. The way I dress reflects my environment and wanting to take people into a fantasy world for half an hour.”

Shingai Shoniwa

http://venuszine.com/stories/music/4102.php

“It's quite spiky, quite dramatic, theatrical rock 'n' roll really.”

Shingai Shoniwa

When asked: What's your sound like? http://www.popworld.com/pages/noisettes_interview

“When someone like Kurt Cobain or Jack White comes out, they didn’t go, “He sounds just like Muddy Waters,” did they? They just said, “He’s great, he sounds like him.” When women come out and men write about them, they tend to write about them in a way that other men can understand, which sometimes can seem a bit patronizing.”

Shingai Shoniwa

http://venuszine.com/stories/music/4102.php

“I love the intimacy of small venues, I really do, I like that look that people have that they feel like they're special and they can hear and they can see the band as well.”

Shingai Shoniwa

http://www.indietastic.net/cms/2007/06/noisettes_interview.html

“We are able to speak for ourselves through our music rather than being defined and put into the spotlight in a very male kind of groomed way for an obviously predominantly male audience.”

Shingai Shoniwa

On being compared to compared to Karen O and Billie Holiday. http://venuszine.com/stories/music/4102.php

“We're just going to play the hell out of it until they can't take it anymore.”

Shingai Shoniwa

http://www.indietastic.net/cms/2007/06/noisettes_interview.html

“I think of the Ramones when I think of music that can save your life, but I’m not so sure about a band like Fall Out Boy who appears to make music in vein or that, at least, doesn’t sound like something they would die for.”

Shingai Shoniwa

When asked: Is music more of a product today, or seen as something that can save your life? http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/33984/one-of-those-bands-an-interview-with-the-noisettes/

“Arctic Monkeys are a great band, but bands like that sometimes spend a lot of time reminding people about the shitiness of reality. I don’t want to sing for half an hour, reminding people about how shit Sheffield is — unless it’s for one verse or a joke.”

Shingai Shoniwa

http://venuszine.com/stories/music/4102.php

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