Sophie B. Hawkins
Sophie B. Hawkins
Sophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer, songwriter, musician and painter. Her highest-charting singles are "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover," "Right Beside You," and "As I Lay Me Down."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth1 November 1964
CountryUnited States of America
home
I'm always working on a new album because I'm always writing, and I'm always in and out of my home studio.
concert connect love
There is something about the stage that makes it so much better than being in the studio. I always connect with my audience; a concert to me is a collaboration between me and the audience, and I love it so much.
best coming evolved human music paint process sink stuff taken
I've evolved as a human being, and I've taken more risks. I've let go of judgment. I don't know when the best stuff is coming - I sink into the process in a different way. I paint more, and my vision is stronger, but I don't think my music is better, because nothing is ever better than your first material.
people
It's what people don't say that is often the most revealing.
life romantic side
It's so interesting that the romantic side of my life comes from my father, who I really didn't even know that well.
congress
I want the Congress that really is going to listen to the people. I really don't care what party it is anymore.
few home record sit studio
Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.
almost bitterness feeling hard harder knowing middle money people ripped saying starting stomach toward wake
It isn't hard to be an artist and do your money thing. It's much harder to wake up in the middle of the night knowing that you're being ripped off and starting to get this feeling in your stomach almost bordering on bitterness toward people who are saying one thing and doing another.
coming exciting excuse farther songwriter truth wonderful
I was a coat-checker at Orso, and all these wonderful actors were coming in, and it was exciting to me, so I started going to classes, and my excuse was, 'I'll be a better songwriter if I can understand how to play a character.' Well, that couldn't be farther from the truth.
art coat happiest life lucky work
I was a coat checker, a dishwasher, a waitress, and those were some of the happiest times of my life because I still got to do my writing. You're lucky when you can work and then do your art.
deal love record
I got a record deal with Sony, and I really just put acting aside. But it's a love.
accepted biggest gave gift love momentum music people success weakest within
Success was one of my weakest points. I was so ill-prepared for it. I never appreciated within myself the gift of success. I never accepted it. People gave me so much momentum and love, and people really got my music, but I didn't accept it. That's probably one of my biggest regrets.
children freedom given naked open true
My true friends, and my son, see me with kind eyes. I feel it. So that's the freedom my children have given me. To be naked in the world with an open heart.
family
My son has one parent who's 50. I want him to have a family of young people, too!