Debbie Harry
Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known as the lead singer of the new wave and punk rock band Blondie. She recorded several worldwide number one singles with Blondie during the 1970s and 1980s. She is sometimes considered the first rapper to chart at number one in the United States due to her work on "Rapture". She has also had successas a solo artist before reforming Blondie in the late 1990s. Her acting career spans...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth1 July 1945
CountryUnited States of America
You have to leave room for the other person's ego.
For me, performance is about forgetting what I'm wearing. Just putting it on and knowing it's right.
That undercurrent of the forbidden was always a part of rock.
I don't think that the punk sound really became the punk sound until much later. The punk era wasn't really just one musical sound. There are a lot of differences among Television, the Ramones, and the Talking Heads.
Christina Aguilera is an incredible musician and singer.
But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.
I love the ACLU and I'm concerned now, especially when it comes to our rights, with current politics and the religious community and the Conservative majority or minority - I don't know who they are.
I do have fantasies of buying a helicopter and a lot of machine guns, but I don't know if I can do that. I'd like to have a lot of weapons, grenades and things. And I want to have a solar energy machine. And I want to have a sunken garden with a glass roof. I guess that's about it for now. I have a few other wants but I can't remember them.
I'm against the idea that rock stars have to live a life that's completely understandable or predictable to their audience....Maybe I'll just be the mysterious figure that'll never be able to truly be defined. Maybe that's what my thing is.
Rock and roll is a misconception. It should no longer be a term for music.
To be an artist you have to be as much a businessman to succeed, you have to spend an equal amount of time doing business as you spend doing your craft.
In music the mystical element is definitely there all the time, and one can see it.
Working as a solo artist has given me a confidence that I didn't have with Blondie.
I guess people assume I have some sort of totally magical life, but I'm a working musician, fortunately. I've worked on my craft, and I'm very fortunate I've been able to survive in a very competitive industry and enjoy my success. It's not easy.