If it's going to make you happy, go for it - life is short.
Tiffany Darwish
I'm a real girl. I get it. I gain weight, I lose weight. My styles change.
It was not appropriate for me to wear anything like a bustier or to be sexy. It was big hair and hoop earrings and jean jackets.
I think of God as, well, sort of a friend or something I need. Like the way I need my fans.
People do think I was a one-hit wonder, that I'm maybe not the kind of singer that I can really be - that impression is there. I have to work really hard to break down those walls.
For a lot of people, I will always be the mall girl, and that's OK. That was my start. But I can do so much more than that.
My image is jeans. An oversize sweat shirt. T-shirt. A pair of boots or sneakers. Very simple. And that's what I feel comfortable in.
Like, it's fun for me to sing 'I Think We're Alone Now.' But when 'Could've Been' comes out as a single, that's a ballad and really shows my voice; then people will say, 'Hey, this girl really can sing.'
Life is short. You've got to live your dreams.
It's annoying when people go, 'I didn't know you could actually sing.'
It was kind of like, my worst crime was that I was a pop star.
I toured all over the world, I have die-hard fans, and I had my dreams come true.
My best friend was crazy about Culture Club. She had posters everywhere. She joined the fan club. She knew everything about them. No one else sounds like Boy George, and I have great memories of singing along in her bedroom.
I'm not a one-hit wonder who got lucky. This really is my life. I was born with this talent, and this is what I meant to be. I'm totally grateful.
I'm all about showing people what I can really do in country music. Give me a mic and let me perform, and I'll prove it to you.
It's nice to go out to a club and know you can still turn heads.
I think, probably, being a young artist, there were a lot of things I thought I knew and I wanted to do, and I was like, 'Oh! That's what I want to do.' And then it took me in a different direction with 'I Think We're Alone Now,' and then all of a sudden, I was a pop star.
What I'm hoping is that people in my age group will grow up with me and keep listening.
'I Think We're Alone Now' is one of the all-time great songs.
I'm not happy being old-school Tiffany.
I write a lyric, but when I reread it, I think it's awful and either hide it or crumple it up.
When I got my record deal, my mum was still struggling a little bit, so the entertainment industry took advantage of that. My mum needed money, and so she signed a contract.
I have a stepfather who isn't around just because he wants to be with my mother and sisters. There's more to it. He's around for the money. He's proven that in a lot of ways. And my mom loves him. And that's not wrong. But when it interferes with my career and my business and becomes a threat to me, there's a problem.
I'm constantly trying to grow as a musician, so when I listen to different things, I'm like, 'That'd be cool to do something like that,' and I try to keep myself open-minded.
'Dust Off And Dance,' the album, was really all about me being in England.
I think, with everything in my career, I don't really want to put boundaries on myself.
For the kid in me that had a rockier edge and wanted to be Stevie Nicks, it's been fulfilling that I've met Dave Navarro and Dave Grohl, these amazing artists that have given encouragement.
With 'A Million Miles,' I still was proving myself as a writer and as a vocalist. It gave me the platform to tour again.
Family is family, but sometimes they do hurt you. They don't mean to, but they can, and sometimes you have to fend for yourself.
My family didn't come from fame. No one was musical in my family except for me.
My mum really depended on me. I'm the eldest of three girls, and she had emotional issues.
It was one of the things that used to be on my rider when I would do my shows. I would always ask for a Klondike bar.
I think before, in the '80s, it was more about fashion and music videos and a lot of radio: getting out there and the fans learning who you were and your music.
Some young stars go a little too far too soon.
I'm a big Miley Cyrus fan. I think she's really awesome.
I've always loved country music.
At 9 years old, I did a lot of benefit concerts for my community.
I came to Nashville in the early '90s, and I thought, 'OK, enough is enough. I write songs; I just don't have the backbone to show it to anybody. I want to go to Nashville and learn how to properly write a song.'
The writing process really became natural when it was real and from my heart, and I was exposed.
Careers will come and go. Talent is always there.
I've been married most of my life.
I live on eight acres out in the country in Nashville, and it gets creepy and foggy. It's the best atmosphere to write songs.
I wanted to be the country version of Stevie Nicks, but before you knew it, I was heading in a pop direction, touring the world, having No. 1 singles, and loving every minute of it.
I've got to overcome that tendency to hide what I write or throw it away.
Hopefully, I've established a career, but you can be a big sensation one day, and the next day everyone's going, 'Who? ... Who?'
I'm thankful for what I've got, but I'm cramming all my money into a trust fund because I don't ever want to look around and wonder where all my money went.
There were just a lot of things that happened between my mother and I, and I thought it would be easier if I lived with my grandmother.
Music should be fun. If it's not fun, then you're going to get burned out; you're not going to give the best show.
To just be able to sing and show off the chops is kind of why I got into the music industry.
I am an old soul: I do know so much about music history.
