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Mandy Mooresees music in a whole new way since becoming a parent.
The singer-songwriter, 39, exclusively tells PEOPLE how parenthood has inspired her to make more music in the future. She and her husbandTaylor Goldsmith, 37, sharetwo sons:Gus, 2, andOzzie, 9 months.
“I feel like having kids has really made me think about making cool music for them one of these days,” the artist says. “I don’t know if that would be original songs or covering songs.“
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Mandy Moore, Taylor Goldsmith and sons Ozzie and Gus.mandymooremm/Instagram
mandymooremm/Instagram
Moore reveals thatGushas especially inspired her. She says that the toddler asks to listen to “Warren Zevon, andTom Petty, and The Kinks andThe Beatles,” thanks to the music that his father plays for him.
“People often remark that Gus has great taste [in] music. I’m like, that’s because Taylor curates it! He only likes what Taylor introduces him to,” she shares, laughing, “Dad’s feeding him that diet of really, really cool rad music.”
Goldsmith is also a musician. He’s currently lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for the folk-rock band Dawes. He was a co-writer on Moore’s 2020 albumSilver Landingsand also contributed to her next album,In Real Life.
“I think when you have kids, it becomes your whole world,” Moore adds. “For music fans like Gus, it just has me thinking, how could I make a contribution for new parents moving forward? Or even just for us [parents], the kind of music that we want to listen to.”
Mandy Moore and Taylor Goldsmith celebrate son Gus' birthday.mandymooremm/Instagram
Mandy Moore performs on March 12, 2020.Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
Moore tells PEOPLE that she’s not currently working on another album, but could see herself returning to writing songs again “once things feel a little bit more settled at home” — though she admits with a laugh that things will probably “never” feel settled.
“There will never be a ‘right’ moment,” she says. “But yeah… it’ll be nice to sit down and focus again on music and think about what that looks like, and how that’s going to factor into my life moving forward.”
source: people.com
