A biography for K. D. Langhasn’t been written yet.
“I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.”
“I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current.”
“I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.”
“As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.”
“It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.”
“I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I don't represent the entire gay community because it's a vast, vast community, as one can imagine.”
“I think I have allowed my voice to experiment with the different genres. And I think that I have just really enjoyed the journey of getting to know my voice and seeing what it's capable of, what it's not capable of.”
“Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.”
“Look. Art knows no prejudice, art knows no boundaries, art doesn't really have judgement in it's purest form. So just go, just go.”
“I just really allowed my muse to be my guide and I just go with whatever I'm feeling.”
“The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.”
“Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.”
“We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.”
“I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two involved.”
“I sort of believe that my voice was preordained; I'm a Buddhist who believes in reincarnation so I think that my voice is a few lifetimes old.”
“I just try to live a really simple, natural life, because obviously, life has an impact on your voice.”
“If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch.”
“I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me that never seems to go away.”
“I never, my producer never, we never let myself just sing. We were always trying to get the perfect vocal.”
“I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars.”