A biography for Linda Perryhasn’t been written yet.
“When making any record, a producer has a list of things you hope an artist brings to the studio. Songs that are strong even without the bells and whistles.”
“I want to show people my interpretation of what creating music is, and this is where it comes from: the heart.”
“I'm overcritical, insensitive, and pushy when it comes to me. With everybody else, I'm a great listener, and all I want is for them to be happy.”
“I did love 'What's Up?' but I hated the production.”
“In no way am I a spiritual person. I'm not some guru geek.”
“It's a humbling and amazing journey when you write a song in your bedroom, and you've got no money, and you're trying to write a song based on where you're at right at this moment.”
“I've had many songs where I've gone, 'Oh, my God, this song is going to be huge!' but it wasn't the right artist, or something just didn't happen. It didn't make the song any worse. It just didn't line up. That does happen.”
“Record companies don't think creatively about what something could possibly be because they are not filled with creative people. Nobody's looking at the future of music because they're concentrating so hard on what they can get from it right this second. It's really hard to see an artist; it's a lot easier to see money.”
“The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center has this wonderful program where they take in the youth, feed them, help them learn how to cook, clean, they help them get jobs, help them learn how to save their money, and they have shelters all over the city.”
“I would love for Radiohead to give me a call and say, 'Hey, kid, we wanna see what it's like working with you. We want you to produce our next record.'”
“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.'”
“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.”
“There's a lot of artists that are celebrities, not really artists.”
“You need a big team to support a career.”
“Rock & roll doesn't belong on a grid. It belongs on a pulse - a natural pulse.”
“I'm a fast learner, and I believe in change, and I believe in growing, and I believe in moving forward and not staying in the same place.”
“I just love music. I love writing songs. It's not even a job; it's a gift. I'm waiting for someone to kick me out of the party because I snuck in here, and I keep thinking somebody's going to figure out that I have no clue. Turns out that most of them have even less of a clue.”
“Sometimes I'll look back at old pictures where I'm a little heavy and dressed funny and think, 'How did I get chicks all the time?'”
“It'll never get old to hear a song that I wrote on the radio or to hear what someone experienced when they heard a song I wrote.”
“I'm a songwriter, an artist, and a musician. I do not have to try to be that; I just am.”