Post by oh my cher on Aug 17, 2005 22:56:58 GMT -5
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"But I think in times of fear and tribulation, you need something to give you a lift. And somehow I have a way of singing a sad song in a positive way. I'm not sure how it happens."
"I've had so many rebirths, I should come with my own midwife by now."
"Believe." When that album came out in the fall of 1998, it didn't make a blip in the U.S. "Nobody was interested at the record company," Cher explains. "Everybody said, 'Well, we'll just run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes.'"
"I did things I hadn't done in years. I hit every gay club in the country, because that's where the support comes from."
Still, Cher credits the recording itself with its eventual smash status. "Anyone could have had a hit with that song. It's one of the greatest of all time."
"My God, people have been hearing my voice for 100 years," Cher says. "It's fun to be able to make something new with it."
"If I want to hear a great voice, I'll listen to k.d. lang. My voice is not particularly appealing to me."
"I love getting up there and being stupid and having huge sets and costumes."
Was she bucking for Mr. Blackwell's list?
"I don't have to buck for it," she says. "I've been on it more times than Elizabeth Taylor. Who cares? What has Mr. Blackwell ever designed? I think he did one dress and it was horrible. It looked like something your mother would wear. Not my mother. She has too much taste."
"Well, I do lick my lips when I'm nervous and I do flip my hair, because it was so long it would get caught in my sequins. And I do have this really strange voice. There are a lot of things that can be parodied."
Gay men just seem to have more really deep feelings. [And] they're loyal. If you have a nervous breakdown, they just love you more."
"But I think in times of fear and tribulation, you need something to give you a lift. And somehow I have a way of singing a sad song in a positive way. I'm not sure how it happens."
"I've had so many rebirths, I should come with my own midwife by now."
"Believe." When that album came out in the fall of 1998, it didn't make a blip in the U.S. "Nobody was interested at the record company," Cher explains. "Everybody said, 'Well, we'll just run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes.'"
"I did things I hadn't done in years. I hit every gay club in the country, because that's where the support comes from."
Still, Cher credits the recording itself with its eventual smash status. "Anyone could have had a hit with that song. It's one of the greatest of all time."
"My God, people have been hearing my voice for 100 years," Cher says. "It's fun to be able to make something new with it."
"If I want to hear a great voice, I'll listen to k.d. lang. My voice is not particularly appealing to me."
"I love getting up there and being stupid and having huge sets and costumes."
Was she bucking for Mr. Blackwell's list?
"I don't have to buck for it," she says. "I've been on it more times than Elizabeth Taylor. Who cares? What has Mr. Blackwell ever designed? I think he did one dress and it was horrible. It looked like something your mother would wear. Not my mother. She has too much taste."
"Well, I do lick my lips when I'm nervous and I do flip my hair, because it was so long it would get caught in my sequins. And I do have this really strange voice. There are a lot of things that can be parodied."
Gay men just seem to have more really deep feelings. [And] they're loyal. If you have a nervous breakdown, they just love you more."