Zara Phillips
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by Danny Coleman
“Meditation & KitKats did you
see the cover? I was thinking to
myself if somebody had asked me
about all the songs my response
would be, they’re really just about
the last few years of my life and
how I’ve gotten through life. An
if somebody said, ‘How have you
gotten through your life?’ I would
say meditation and Kit Kats because
to be honest, some days
I’ve meditated and I’ll be Zen and
other days I’ve been eating Kit
Kats all day,” said Zara Phillips,
laughing as she discussed her
new album, the trials, tribulations
and heartaches of being adopted,
her producer Richard Thompson
and more. “Some people relax
with wine and/or a cigarette but
since I’m sober, I can’t do that so I
eat Kit Kats!
Phillips has seen more than her
fair share of the roller coaster
ride that comes with being a
professional musician but her
talents do not stop there; they
also include being an author, a
playwright, actress, model and a
mother. Her roots have stretched
from the UK to Los Angeles and
are currently located firmly in
New Jersey.
Zara’s past musical endeavors included
stints with Bob Geldof, David
Essex, she has also worked
with Dire Straits member John
Illsley as well as a song with Run-
D.M.C.’s Darryl McDaniels but this
current project has paired her with
guitar great Thompson and her
music has taken a new direction.
“I recorded it at Trellis Studio
here in New Jersey and it’s
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