K.d. Lang Quotes

I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current.

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.

And I'm not even just talking artists, every single person in this nation has the right to be themselves, live life go team go. I love you Canada, thank you so much.

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.

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

Traveling renews you.

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 often say fame is kind of like a drug or like sugar: when it's controlling you it doesn't feel good at all.

I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars.

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

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

It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.

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

I like the music. I don't like the business. I get very tired of the travel and moving, constantly moving. But the hour-and-a-half that I'm making music, I'm one of the happiest people on earth.

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.

Give money to universities — that would be asking for trouble. All those places do is turn out more Communists.

Fortitude, determination... in a way they're things that I idealize myself and am curious about.

Acting can be a very reactive profession. Acting is a fantastic thing, and it's my life, but writing is also part of me too, so I did it and in so doing took responsibility for my own life.

My philosophy is, 'Show up, shut up, and do your job,' and if you do it to the satisfaction of your director and the public, you're likely to be able to do it again.

What has emerged as I've gotten older is simplifying the characters I play, unless the role calls for something that is arcane or ornate.

I'm always reading plays, and when I find something that I really want to do, then I'll make the time to do it.

I've become more empathetic, and my capacity to understand and be patient - to give people a break - has enlarged over the years.

I always have a contract with a character. Even when he's unappealing. The contract is to give him his due. To tell his story. And to keep his secrets.

I can't imagine a more profoundly exciting experience than I had working on 'Avatar.' And whether I'm ever part of it again, I'll always be very proud that I was a part of it.

Whether I appear in 'Avatar 2' or 'Avatar 3', I always feel I'm a part of the 'Avatar' team.

The truth is, I'm a character guy. That's how I see myself. I always see the role as being far more interesting and important than I am... not all actors approach it that way.

Hamlet, that's the only role there is, finally. The only role. After that, you settle down and only do the fun things on stage.

I've been into weight training for many, many years and you add to that a good dose of cardio, don't overindulge, and you can do all right.

My favorite show from the '60s was 'Combat.' And maybe 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

I wouldn't say 'Avatar' changed my life, but it definitely changed my career.

There are themes that somehow stir me and that I find very interesting. They're themes that deal with leadership, the nature of bravery and courage, and how to define those.

You try to go where the great scripts are, if you can, or you go where the not great scripts are, because that's what's being offered to you.

When Steven Spielberg comes calling, it behooves you to seriously consider it.

I love the stage. It's terrifying in a way that film and television is not. When you're about to go out, and you're adrenaline just gets out of control, and that can be really daunting.

I think that war is diplomacy. There have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons and there are wars that have had to be fought. Indeed, there will continue to be.

Theater, because of the commitment, it has to be a great role and a great play to me. It takes a lot out of you.

When you want to learn about something, what is the first thing you do... you go to the internet.

I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown.

My Hamlet was about as alienated as you can get. Mine was a bitter and lonely prince. Valid, I think, but maybe tough to root for. I think that romance was missing.

Some people turn from God because they cannot understand how a good God can permit evil in the world.

Time is not eternal but was created by God at the beginning.

Language expresses people's thinking and it was by a Word that God created the world and preserves it.

Science is defined in various ways, but today it is generally restricted to something which is experimental, which is repeatable, which can be predicted, and which is falsifiable.

There are also scientific problems with the concept that each of the creation days was a long period of time.

Angels possess greater powers than do human beings.

Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another.

There is always a pressure to separate the Bible from science and to separate the Christian religion from things material.

Before I fellin love with words, with setting skies and singing birds—it was you I fellin love with first.

Love is a game of tic-tac-toe, constantly waitingfor the next x or o.

I don't want to be in love but you're makin' me