Katie Melua Chats to ilikemusic.com
December 2, 2004
"I like music because… it transcends language barriers and cultural barriers. Everyone can understand it and everyone can experience it. You don't have to be anything particular to enjoy it." KATIE MELUA
Katie Melua was born in Georgia (former USSR) in 1984 growing up in the capital Tbilici and later the seaside town of Batumi. The family left Georgia when Katie was 8 and moved to Belfast due to her father's profession as a heart surgeon.
"My favourite place on earth is Georgia, by the Black Sea. I love it because I love being by the sea, and because it's my home country, so I try to get back as often as I can."
When Katie told one of her teachers later on in England that she'd moved from Georgia to Belfast, he described the move as: "from the frying pan into the fire".
She never really viewed it as that because she had a great childhood both in Georgia and Northern Ireland. Katie found the people in Northern Ireland extremely warm and made great friends at St. Catherine's Primary School and Dominican College, Fortwilliam - Katie went to catholic schools in Northern Ireland while her younger brother went to a protestant school.
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