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k.d. lang is a Canadian singer-songwriter and pop/country musician known for her unique voice and genre-blending style. Her work has garnered multiple awards and made a broad cultural impact, especially in the LGBTQ+ community. She is celebrated for hits like "Constant Craving" and for her advocacy for equality and animal rights. Here are 42 of her quotes:

You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself. (K.d. lang)
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. View quote
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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss. View quote
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The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what's happening up there. View quote
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Look. Art knows no prejudice, art knows no boundaries, art doesn't really have judgement in it's purest form. So just go, just go. View quote
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I think being ‘alternative,' which most people think holds me back, actually helps [in the music industry]. If I'd been an ordinary singer, I'd still be trying to get noticed in Canada. I'm an alternative in every way. I'm a country singer who's a vegetarian for health reasons and because of compassion for animals. I'm also alternative because of Canada - there's something romantic about being Canadian. I always push the fact that I'm Canadian. I'm not self-righteous enough to think I'm unique and I'm not being overly rebellious. But I've learned that to go your own way and be yourself, which is what I'm trying to do, is alternative to a lot of people. View quote
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The older I get, the more I embrace who I am. View quote
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I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly. View quote
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There needn't be a distinction between your life and your music. View quote
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I think I fall into a lot of cracks in terms of I'm too something. I'm too this, I'm too that. And my music has never really had a home. I've been this floating alternative. I'm too mainstream for alternative. I'm too alternative for mainstream. And I'm just kind of wandering. View quote
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I sort of believe that my voice was preordained; I'm a Buddhist who believes in reincarnation so I think that my voice is a few lifetimes old. (K.d. lang)
I just try to live a really simple, natural life, because obviously, life has an impact on your voice. View quote
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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. View quote
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I never, my producer never, we never let myself just sing. We were always trying to get the perfect vocal. View quote
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We all love animals, but why do we call some ‘pets' and others ‘dinner'? If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch. I know. I'm from cattle country. That's why I became a vegetarian. View quote
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I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me that never seems to go away. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous. View quote
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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. View quote
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear. (K.d. lang)
Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: Canadian Musician
Born: November 2, 1961
Quotes count: 42

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