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As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.

K. D. Lang

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K. D. Lang
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: November 2
Actor
Film Score Composer
Guitarist
Musician
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Edmonton
Alberta
Kathryn Dawn Lang
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I certainly fall in love with artists. I think that's probably the aspiration of an artist, to make a listener empathize so deeply that they do fall in love with you.
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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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To dance is human, to polka is divine.
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I just try to live a really simple, natural life, because obviously, life has an impact on your voice.
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I'm also alternative because of Canada - there's something romantic about being Canadian. We're a relatively unpopulated, somewhat civilized, and clean and resourceful country. I always push the fact that I'm Canadian.
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I'm proud that I was one of the first ones out, singing loud and proud.
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I don't consider my homosexuality a political thing. I consider it a sexual and spiritual thing. I only started going to political rallies to meet women.
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I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I don't represent the entire gay community because it's a vast, vast community, as one can imagine.
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I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two involved.
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There are days when I still want to be able to do what I want when I want, but there's also something wonderful about being secure.
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I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.
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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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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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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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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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Spirituality comes from questioning everything but at the same time accepting everything. You can even be spiritual watching TV. When the ad comes on and says, Don't hate me because I am beautiful, question that.
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