I told my mom I was gay when I was 16, and my mom said with her heavy Brazilian accent, 'OK, but at least look good at it.'
To give is one of the greatest gifts one could ever receive.
I want to be so giving and collaborative, but my best songs were written on my own.
In no way am I a spiritual person. I'm not some guru geek.
It's not a 'sexy' position, being the producer. You have to be very bossy. You have to be very aggressive.
I don't want to be a rock star. I had my 15 minutes of fame.
For me, Heaven is evoking emotions through sound.
Food is supposed to be vibrant, fresh, filled with color.
I don't think I could make a pop album.
I have a lot of songs that I kind of put away, and I don't let anybody else hear them, and those are my songs.
I'm a horrible producer when it comes to me, but for other artists, I don't know what it is, but something happens, and I'm just really good at it.
I think women gravitate toward me because I am a woman producing and songwriting, and there's none out there. There really isn't.
I usually write songs in a guy key because my voice is so husky.
I didn't like being out in the limelight. I love performing, but that's it.
My number one goal is to take over the music business and run a really great record company.
People are gonna get tired of Linda Perry the producer, but I will always be in the music business. And I will always be successful in it.
I don't think I'm the world's greatest producer or songwriter or anything.
I'm 44, and I've never had a problem being gay, and maybe I dodged a lot of bullets, and maybe I'm one of the lucky ones. I want to make sure every kid can have that experience.
I did love 'What's Up?' but I hated the production.
I feel that when I listen to music - not that it's bad - it's not emotional. It has a gimmick to it. It's selling something: the artist, the producer, something. The emotional capacity is very small, for the listener as well.
