Sarah Brightman

“Right before I go on stage, I'm absolutely terrified. My mind darts at many directions, but the center of me is going forward into the performance.”

“Performing was something I could cling to. It was the only thing I had some control over and that's why I did it. If I hadn't, I'm not sure which way I'd have gone.”

“I don't think I would get married again; I don't know if I'm a very good candidate because of all the touring I do.”

“I just wanted a change. My hair started hurting my back, so I went to my hairdresser and said 'Take it off.' And I'm delighted with the results.”

“I actually want to go up into space.”

“I look at composers and conductors, anybody involved in music or writing or art in general; they got more done as they got older. If I can, I'll be one of those people because what I do is my passion.”

“I never thought that I would be creating my own 'cross-over' genre. What I did was very real and organic. I have worked in so many different styles so it all just came together.”

“I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Everything is in tune: the voice, the type of music, who I am and who people think I am.”

“I've wanted to go to space, really, since I was a little girl.”

“We are all made up of stars and all of us are billions of years old - that's what I believe, at least.”

“Finally my dream came true in that there was a possibility that I could travel to the International Space Station. I've gone through the medicals and the training and now I'm officially, by the Russian Space Federation, a cosmonaut in training.”

“Apparently, everyone is most scared of the psychological tests. I didn't know how I'd fare. What I've found out is I may be creative and imaginative, but I'm also extremely together.”

“I am not quite sure where home is right now. I do have places in London and Milan, and a house in Spain. I guess I would say home is where my mother is, and she lives in Spain.”

“I was born in 1960, and space theory, especially in the last part of that time and going into the '70s, space was very relevant at that time. It was on television - all the experiments, the moon landings, everything like that.”

“I think of myself not just as a dreamer, but as a dream chaser.”

“I feel that people really feel they've got a part of me when they listen to my albums and the themes just show themselves.”

“I love the intimacy of making movies. The focus is deeper and much more intense than musical theatre.”

“I am not a composer of music; I sing pieces which have been written for me which gives me bigger freedom to search for pieces I want to record.”

“In the past, I always used to be looking for answers. Today, I know there are only questions. So I just live.”

“A journey into space is the greatest adventure I can imagine.”