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" I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've been listening to music ever since the moment of conception. "
K. D. Lang
Music
You
Singing
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" My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear. "
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" Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss. "
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" You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself. "
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" I don't sing anything that hurts my voice. "
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" We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste. "
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" When women make their image about youth and sexuality, and not about intellect, that's kind of a dead-end road. So I think it's a combination of self-entrapment and entrapment by society. "
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" Television really has been my vehicle. I don't get played on the radio much, so I've relied on TV a lot. "
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" I think I don't sing as hard as I used to sing. I used to kind of hit the accelerator a lot back in my youth, but now it's just being able to control it, and not work it so hard and use more of an emotional or sub textual kind of approach to singing. "
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" I never, my producer never, we never let myself just sing. We were always trying to get the perfect vocal. "
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" I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer. "
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" The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what's happening up there. "
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" I just really allowed my muse to be my guide and I just go with whatever I'm feeling. "
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" I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current. "
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" I think I have allowed my voice to experiment with the different genres. And I think that I have just really enjoyed the journey of getting to know my voice and seeing what it's capable of, what it's not capable of. "
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" My public image is so low-key, but I get to travel the world and still have an audience and it's really amazing. I don't take that for granted. "
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