Sophie B. Hawkins
Sophie B. Hawkins
Sophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer, songwriter, musician and painter. Her highest-charting singles are "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover," "Right Beside You," and "As I Lay Me Down."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth1 November 1964
CountryUnited States of America
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It isn't hard to be an artist and do your money thing. It's much harder to wake up in the middle of the night knowing that you're being ripped off and starting to get this feeling in your stomach almost bordering on bitterness toward people who are saying one thing and doing another.
songs
My songs are always four years ahead of me. They're like my teachers.
dreams great love
I don't want to date. But I do have dreams about a great love.
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I grew up listening to Beethoven and old jazz singers like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Anita O'Day. But those were, like, the only women I listened to - I hated women pop singers.
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Pregnancy is uncomfortable and draining, and the end isn't in sight until it becomes unbearable.
depend people
Most people depend on a lot of other people.
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Marriage is a walk in the park compared to being a single mother or father. I'll take that walk later.
famous
I didn't want to be a performer. I didn't want to be famous.
gulf
I am so proud to be partnering with Waterkeepers, who are the voice for the Gulf Coast's waters.
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We're all struggling to get out of the past. We see something that reminds us of something, and then we bring our baggage into the present. Then we project it onto people constantly.
honesty love-you darling
If it's the truth you seek, then darling love you'll find.
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As I lay me down to sleep, this I pray. That you will hold me, dear. Though I'm far away, I whisper your name into the sky. And I will wake up happy.
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Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.