Taylor Dane Quotes

By the second tour I had rice cakes and hummus with me, and I was jumping rope in my room.

I love drag queens... they perform me better than I ever could myself.

Love the woods and nature and the water and animals. Stop the BS with poaching and hunting. Preservation is critical.

I think I was perceived in one fashion. A video is based on a song. I think you can get glimpses of people's presence within that. There's some people you enjoy watching more than others.

So when I'm working out I do things extreme.

I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks.

And I'm also looking for a comeback record and it has to touch a lot of people.

Did people think I sounded black? Totally, but that was a marketing tool as well, but also this is how I grew up and these are my influences.

Emotional pain makes me want to isolate. Or hit back. It's very tough to rise above my natural inclinations. I'm always working on this.

Forget things and have a quiet moment.

I don't always win at this, but I know I do better when I meditate.

My son always makes me feel vulnerable.

My mom lived on an ashram on the early eighties. She turned me on to kundalini yoga and chanting and Transcendental Meditation. That was the first time I ever knew real peace.

I know peace exists. And we are always changing. It's scary.

I'm passionate about nature and the respect, peace, and beauty I derive from it. My voice, my live performance, and when I'm in the studio. My children and love.

That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.

I smoked some pot as a kid, but I just never did drugs.

I started working out with a trainer and I immediately saw results.

Singing and being truthful to a song... I've developed that skill, and I know how to do that real instinctively, that's all I've been doing for the last 25 years.

Loving a man truly and really brings me to my knees.

When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.

Be kind. It's very needed to be respectful to all.

To me, it was about finding new opportunities. I know my voice touches people. It has for years. I can't give that up.

Sometimes it takes some time out on your own to find your way back home.

I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you.

I'm not looking to go out there and make a rhythmic Timbaland track.

I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone.

But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones - that's inspiring to me.

I feel I am blessed that I have found my stride and relaxed into my life's purpose.

I have always loved Ed Norton and Ryan Gosling. Also Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett.