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around ourselves, around our hearts.
When you sing, there's nothing to
say. You're transported to a place
beyond remembering the time when
there was something to say. I really
believe my father's music is the music
that can take us there. His power, his
beauty, the depth of his music is just
unbelievable. You can see even now,
five years later, the power of his music.

lead the way, I'm happy to do it.
I get hate mail — I don't read it any-
more. I bless them. If they're that angry,
something else is going on. There are
too many other important things to do.
I say, "I bless you so much that you
should really get a life and leave me
alone; I bless you to be happy so that
you don't care about it anymore." It's
getting better. I'm not going anywhere
and they can't change my life.

JN: Michael Jackson came to Friday
night services at your father's shul
JN: Where should women fit in?
recently?
NC: My message is that women
NC: Everyone wigged out! It was a
shouldn't give up. The whole point is
very big testament to Jews. People saw
that there are always a million people
him, lost it on the inside but no one
telling you why you're doing some-
bothered him; every-
thing wrong. You have
one was still davening.
to have something in
I used to listen to him
your heart knowing
watch him do the
you can. My father said
moonwalk.
you don't sing because
Michael Jackson
you believe in God,
made a statement to a
you sing because God
newspaper that it was
believes in you. It's the
the most moving
greatest blessing in the
evening of his life.
world that I have a
He has recordings
God that I carry with
of my father. Michael
me and who believes in
Jackson was moved by
me; it keeps me going.
my father and my
Neshama with her late father,
father was definitely
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.
JN: What has been
moved by him. Talk
your most unusual per-
about uniting worlds. When there's
formance experience?
something beautiful and sweet in the
NC: When I was 16, my father and I
world, why shouldn't we all share in it?
performed in Jerusalem. These yeshiva
boys started throwing things at me.
JN: Do you feel you're following in
They all walked out, 200 boys.
your father's footsteps?
I said, "You guys are so off. You just
NC: My father had so much work to
embarrassed the greatest tzaddik the
do in the world. If I can do it in his
world has ever seen. When you get to
name and in God's name, I feel very
heaven, you're going to roast for doing
blessed. When I'm on stage, I feel I am
this to my father.
a vessel for his greatness. I realized he
At the end of it, maybe 50 of them
really trained me. At 25, it's such a priv-
asked for my phone number. It was one
ilege to know what I was born to do;
of the most infuriating moments of my
some people search their whole lives.
life. They were so religious, they can't
I don't want to be my father; I don't
hear the breath coming out of me —
need to be my father. I'm so happy just
and they asked for my phone number!
to be myself He made me who I am
and I'm delighted to share that with
JN: What are your favorite types of
the world; it's really a great privilege.
music?
NC: I like everything — there's no
JN: There is some conflict in the
music in the world I don't love. David
Orthodox world about whether you
Morgan has been my producer and
should be performing because of the
pianist for three years; we're compos-
prohibitions against hearing a
ing music together, as well. He's done
woman's voice.
jazz CDs.
NC: On the Internet, there was a
Joni Mitchell is a huge influence
discussion whether Neshama should
and Billie Holiday, all these great
be singing — I didn't even look, I
vocalists who blow me away. And, of
don't want to know. I feel honored
course, Michael Jackson!
people can think about me so much;
Peter Himmelman, I've always
my father said if you're not doing
loved his work. He wrote a song that I
anything important, no one notices.
sang on a compilation album, "A Love
Obviously women of the world have
Transcending." That's been one of the
to become stronger. If I can help
great honors of my career so far.

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