At MGM, you knew you were going to be working next year; you knew you were going to get paid. But I was too ambitious musically to settle for it. And I wanted to gamble with whatever talent I might have had.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit, I was terribly spoiled and I thought I couldn't do anything wrong. I was also desperate to make tons of money because of my responsibility to my daughter. And there was no longer any joy in making music.
The best decision I ever made, period, was to get into the music business.
I always knew that I wanted to work and I knew I wanted to be a singer and an actor. I knew that every choice I made would help me get to that point. So the better the choices I made, the more of a chance I would have to get to where I wanted to be.
In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it.
I always knew I wanted to be a performance artist.
I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.
Almost six years ago, before I was given the incredible opportunity to be in 'Leaving Las Vegas,' I was going through a long period of artistic confusion. I'd spent years doing work that hadn't pushed me enough, and I was beginning to wonder if I had any talent.
I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else.
Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.
My musical career was an accident.