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" I was scared of failure, of being a one-hit wonder, never being able to write another song again, never being able to sing again. Maybe everything that I think I am and who I want to be never will happen. "

Linda Perry

Failure

Wonder

Want

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" People come to me to write songs that will be successful for them, and they allow me the freedom to do so. "

Linda Perry

People

Successful

" I'm a fast learner, and I believe in change, and I believe in growing, and I believe in moving forward and not staying in the same place. "

" I want to be a producer and not a songwriter. "

" I usually write songs in a guy key because my voice is so husky. "

" I just love music. I love writing songs. It's not even a job; it's a gift. I'm waiting for someone to kick me out of the party because I snuck in here, and I keep thinking somebody's going to figure out that I have no clue. Turns out that most of them have even less of a clue. "

" I love being home. I play with my dogs. "

" I'm able to switch gears at any moment. "

" Pink is an extremely secure person. She knows who she is. When she's going to make a change, she's going to make the change. She just needs someone to help her with the vision. "

" I have to meet everybody I work with before I work with them. Before I say yes, I have to meet them, and then I take it from there. I don't care if you've had the best record or the worst. That doesn't matter to me. I don't care about that stuff. "

Linda Perry

Work

You

" I wanted to go back to writing for myself and my fans. I built my own recording studio, started my own label, and decided to use the Internet to sell my records. "

" I'm great at working with people and collaborating. And if my biggest gift of all is that I'm really good at pulling things from people and helping them become better at what they're doing, I'm here, as I believe all of us are, to be of service. "

" I told my mom I was gay when I was 16, and my mom said with her heavy Brazilian accent, 'OK, but at least look good at it.' "

" I don't ever get too literal. "

" I feel that when I listen to music - not that it's bad - it's not emotional. It has a gimmick to it. It's selling something: the artist, the producer, something. The emotional capacity is very small, for the listener as well. "

" I didn't like being out in the limelight. I love performing, but that's it. "

Linda Perry

Out

Love

" I was raised in a time when parents brought out belts, and you got tough love. "

" I don't care if I go broke. I don't care about all that stuff. I just want to know that I did everything I wanted to do. "

" When making any record, a producer has a list of things you hope an artist brings to the studio. Songs that are strong even without the bells and whistles. "

" The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center has this wonderful program where they take in the youth, feed them, help them learn how to cook, clean, they help them get jobs, help them learn how to save their money, and they have shelters all over the city. "

" I would love for Radiohead to give me a call and say, 'Hey, kid, we wanna see what it's like working with you. We want you to produce our next record.' "

Linda Perry

Want

Love

" For me, Heaven is evoking emotions through sound. "

" I love just helping people; that's what I'm good at. "

" I love Pink, and I love Christina Aguilera. Something about Christina always inspires me to do things that are really different. "

Linda Perry

Pink

Different

" Sometimes I'll look back at old pictures where I'm a little heavy and dressed funny and think, 'How did I get chicks all the time?' "

" You need a big team to support a career. "

" If you're not confident, people push you around. That's it. It's super-simple. "

" We're married. We are one now. There's no running away. We have to deal with things together and figure them out, and that's the greatest gift. I'm in it. People ask me, 'How do you maintain a relationship?' I don't know, but all I do know is that I chose Sara to be the one, and when I choose something, that's all that matters, and I'm totally in. "

Linda Perry

Gift

People

" It's not a 'sexy' position, being the producer. You have to be very bossy. You have to be very aggressive. "

" 'American Idol' is a machine. It's a machine that's making a lot of money, that's selling a lot of product. It's 'American Marketing.' "