Growing up, I became a huge fan of Freddie Mercury, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins. That's where I really started developing my songwriting skills on a personal level.
Lara Fabian
I believe in the fact that an audience has one heart. I can just tell you one thing: If I sing the 'Adagio,' and I pull it out with all the honesty I have - whether they're Japanese, Italian, American or Belgian or French - they will react in the same way.
I've been compared to so many people - Streisand, Celine - it doesn't bother me. Why worry about being compared to the best?
I'm so passionate about Panic! at the Disco and Brendon Urie. I'm obsessed with him.
I believe history of humankind has always faced challenges. I don't think that any other period in history was less problematic then the one in which we live.
No matter where you come from, if you sing in English, you can cross over to the world.
I don't want to sing, you know: 'oh yeah, I love you baby, you love me too.'
I am a woman, a mother, a daughter, a friend, a human being as any other human. I just happen to write songs and perform them, and I am lucky to be able to make a living with my music. Other than that, I smile, laugh, and cry, like any other woman.
I don't want to have any category stamped on my face.
My mom and dad's friends were gay, and so I was raised with the acknowledgement to love one another, no matter one's sexual orientation.
You don't have a connection to your fans if they don't have a connection to you and the music.
Believing in love doesn't have an expiration date.
I've always wanted to be a singer, ever since I was a child.
I had 10 years of lessons at the conservatory in Belgium, studying classical music. I learned how to sing, play the piano, and all the theory that I needed. By the time I left, I had confidence in my skills, and I knew that the experience had prepared me to become a real professional.
Music was never an obligation for me; from a very young age, I understood it as a moment of freedom where you could express yourself. I realized how much joy it could bring and how much that meant to me.
My greatest influence came from my parents' love of classical music. We listened to a lot of arias and operas growing up.
I'm a very optimistic person, woman, mother and singer. And at the same time, I'm very realistic when I look at other aspects of my life.
My music reflects the time on which we live, both in terms of arrangements, as well as in the subjects treated in the lyrics.
I would love to have a song that fusions western arrangement with classic Indian instruments.
Comparison is a human thing, a normal thing.
I am an open book through the songwriting.
I started songwriting at around age 12, and that was it. I never really stopped. Nothing else ever really crossed my mind. It's truly the expression of who I am.
Having success in America is the cherry on the sundae for me.
I hope people will find sincerity and authenticity in my music.
I never thought music could also bring you personal growth, but it truly has.
