Taylor Dayne

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.

All you needed back then was a blow dryer and a dream.

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

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.

My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting.

My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.

I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.

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

Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.

My current mantra is that sometimes we need teachers in our lives. I never had that in my life, parents and stuff like that; I tried to stay on the outside of them or anybody that had that kind of influence.

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.

This is one hell of a business I picked to be in.