Quotes from K. D. Lang

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.

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.

We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.

Even in the darkest phase be it thick or thin, always someone marches brave here beneath my skin.

I think I have allowed my voice to experiment with the different genres. And I think that I have just really enjoyed the journey of getting to know my voice and seeing what it's capable of, what it's not capable of.

I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've been listening to music ever since the moment of conception.

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.

Minimal is the word I'd use to describe how I live and dress, and it's also how I sing. I'm not a big fan of overemoting.

When women make their image about youth and sexuality, and not about intellect, that's kind of a dead-end road. So I think it's a combination of self-entrapment and entrapment by society.

I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer.

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.

The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what's happening up there.

The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.

You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.

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.

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.

Television really has been my vehicle. I don't get played on the radio much, so I've relied on TV a lot.

I feel like at 50 I've decided to become a rock star, which is, you know, typical of me. I always seem to work backwards.

My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.