- Born
- Birth nameSuzanne Nadine Vega
- Nickname
- The Mother of the MP3
- Height5′ 6½″ (1.69 m)
- Suzanne Vega was born on July 11, 1959 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Closer (2004), Pretty in Pink (1986) and Proof (2005). She has been married to Paul Mills since February 11, 2006. She was previously married to Mitchell Froom.
- SpousesPaul Mills(February 11, 2006 - present)Mitchell Froom(March 17, 1995 - 1998) (divorced, 1 child)
- RelativesTim Vega(Sibling)
- Her CD 'Tom's Diner' was the inspiration for the creation of the mp3 computer audio file format.
- Her song "Tom's Diner" was used as a quality benchmark test track during development of the MP3 computer audio codec
- Worked as an office temp (secretary) while struggling as a singer-songwriter in New York.
- Studied modern dance at the High School of the Performing Arts in New York (the "Fame" school).
- Attended Barnard College.
- 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.
- All the mysteries of life come in A minor.
- [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.
- [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.
- I think all artists are unusual. I mean you have to be to stand out.
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