K. D. Lang
K. D. Lang
Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC, known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth2 November 1961
CountryCanada
emotional thinking singing
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.
singing firsts proud
I'm proud that I was one of the first ones out, singing loud and proud.
singing standing-alone audience
You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
distinction
There needn't be a distinction between your life and your music.
television radio tvs
Television really has been my vehicle. I don't get played on the radio much, so I've relied on TV a lot.
people musical taste
We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.
voice personality shapes
It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
writing years two
It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
fall past bars
I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars.
long thank-god records
I'm a singer and as long as I can sing - which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do - I'd like to carry on making records.
song writing play
I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current.
feel-good drug sugar
I often say fame is kind of like a drug or like sugar: when it's controlling you it doesn't feel good at all.
trying speak involved
I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
simple voice impact
I just try to live a really simple, natural life, because obviously, life has an impact on your voice.