The 5-Minute Interview: Sarah Brightman, Singer
'I had no idea I was a teen idol in Asia'
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My best concert to date...
Queen, Hyde Park summer '76 - it wasn't just the concert itself, it was also the day. I was full of optimism, my life was ahead of me, and I decided I was going to do something with my life and nothing and nobody was going to stop me.
If I weren't talking to you right now I'd be...
Listening to music - Charlotte Gainsbourg's album 5.55.
A phrase I use far too often is...
"Hi, this is Sarah Brightman speaking here". I have to make a lot of calls and I get a lot of calls.
I'm good at...
Making decisions.
But I'm very bad at...
Allowing other people to make decisions for me.
I wish people would take more notice of...
Other people's sensibilities.
The most surprising thing that ever happened to me was...
That I became a teen idol in Asia. I went over there about seven or eight years ago and I didn't have a clue how well known I was in Asia, but I went for a CD signing and it was full of teenagers.
I'm not a politician but...
I am an expert in the "art of the possible".
The ideal night out is...
A night that I don't have to worry about things that I have to do tomorrow or in the morning.
In moments of weakness I...
Head for the fridge. It can be a spoonful of jam... anything!
You know me as a singer, but in a truer life I'd have been a...
Trapeze artist. I do quite a lot of flying in my concerts.
The best age to be is...
I haven't got there yet.
In a nutshell, my philosophy is this:
Life is too complex to compress into soundbites. Every situation is different. Philosophy changes day by day.
Elisa Bray
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