But at the age of 44, I sure hope to be a better businesswoman. I want to get the music straight to my fans.
I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.
From an early age, I was infatuated with music. I always loved it and was always dancing or playing something.
A country is made not by policy alone, but by its music, its entertainment shows, all of it.
You can't sustain a fan base on a great catalog alone. You must take your music directly to the people.
It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.'
I don't think of anyone as a 'groupie.' People who connect with my music are just inspiring and amazing.
Just knowing that through my music I actually inspire people is amazing for me and I find it very heartwarming.
I wasn't a very academic kid, and music was the way for all that feeling and angst and sex and love and anger to be channelled.
I hate this idea in the Cinematheque that you must watch silent movies with no music, like it's a piece of art. It's not true.
I grew up overseas in Indonesia, and my school had a great art, music, and theatre program.
It is a real piece of art if you can make a waltz sound like it is the easiest piece of music to play, because it's really not.
I went to the London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Art and returned to New York where I started my career.
The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.
In art and music, particularly in the 20th century, there was a big period there where for something to be called profound you had to not be able to understand it.
Art, film, fashion, music are all going on and interacting simultaneously. And L.A. is very receptive to that fusion.
Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.
Music is an art form too. Sometimes other forms of art can be inspiring to the musician.
The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.
