Top 25 Domino Kirke Quotes

I was always interested in midwifery; it was my plan B.

In my family, it was always encouraged to become a creative person. I became a doula instead, then I married an actor, and my sisters became famous almost overnight.

I put on a little bit more makeup when I perform.

Lipstick just makes me feel like I can’t talk, like I am going to suffocate – like I’ve been locked in a cupboard and can’t get out. I’m so aware of it.

Music is everything.

I’ve just always loved babies, even when I was a baby.

I moved to the States from London when I was 12 years old. My father was in a band and wanted to tour, so we moved here, but it wasn’t until I moved to Williamsburg and had my son that I felt like I finally belonged.

I think when you come from a house full of artists, everyone’s got their niche.

My son’s birth was pretty life-shattering, in good ways and bad ways. I realized that I needed a doula because I’m not close to my mom, and I don’t have a lot of people in New York.

I feel like doulas put the ball back in the mom’s court. They trust you to normalize the high drama.

No one listens to CDs anymore. Who even owns a CD? I used to bring my CDs to shows, and it was, like, a guarantee that everyone would buy one. Nope! Not anymore.

I try to wear a dress and heels when I want to make more of an effort and be a bit more feminine.

I toured. I played, I was in that world so intensely, and then I had to bow out.

One of the expectations growing up was that I’d become a well-known artist.

Growing up, I feel like my character was so much about being a problem-solver and a truth-seeker and always needing to get to the bottom of everything.

I just believe pregnant women need a familiar face, someone who isn’t related to them who they may have all this emotional past with, to be there, just for them, during the birth.

I felt this pressure to just be the singer in my family or the musician in my family. But once I had my son, I was like, ‘No, I can do all of it.’

When I sing, I feel calm.

I got married, and it was a bit of a whirlwind I wasn’t expecting for the next phase for Penn and I.

Being a full-time musician back before I had my son, it was sort of too much ‘me’ all the time. I felt like a bit of a narcissist, always doing just my art – even though I feel like artists are doing a service as well. I needed something a little more literal, instead of writing music and hoping people enjoyed it.

Penn and I want to write a record together.

I was sort of getting used to being a single mom, maybe a little too used to it.

I had, like, four Sigur Ros records on my playlist when I was in labor.

Listeners can expect to feel very relaxed during the listening experience of ‘Beyond Waves.’ The songs are very lyrical and extremely intimate, so I feel like you’re going to need to be in a quiet room when you hear them, at least the first time.

I grew up in a family where my father was in a rock band, and I saw and heard every story.