| SOOTHING THE SAVAGE
BEASTS |
| Pre-Guliani New York was rough
and Jackie used singing as an anti-mugging strategy. .
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"Family, friends, they were not allowed to
hear me sing, but the scum of New York I could perform
for. When I was in a scary situation, on a deserted
street or walking by a group of men alone, late at night,
I'd start singing. I figured that the singing would
do three things: make me seem relaxed and carefree;
or make me look crazy and they'd leave me alone; or
show my would-be attackers that I was not afraid to
use my voice. I was clearly testing the 'music soothes
the savage beast' theory. It must have worked because
I never had a problem. I even got some nice compliments
from my impromptu audiences."
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| Eventually, Jackie had enough
of the fear of performing to actually let it go. She planned
her debut performance as a gift for her mother at her
surprise 50th birthday party. |
"I knew the first time I performed, it was going
to be very emotional for me. I was definitely going
to cry. So rather than look the fool in a room full
of strangers, I surrounded myself with family and
friends. What I didn't know was it was going to be
so emotional for everyone else. We were all crying."
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| As suspected, once Jackie started
singing you couldn't shut her up. The ability to cook
and sing turned out to be handy talents when she got to
Australia... |
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