The music business is a place where the artists are all treated like we're working for the people who are working for us. That can obviously be exaggerated when you're a female.
I think possibly, as an artist, you're always treated with a certain respect but also with a certain sort of nervousness.
Galleries are nice to me. I sign a lot of autographs.
The way the Pak government treated me is only testimony to the ill treatment meted out to artistes. There was outrage against me. People were amazed that I had applied for citizenship in India. I don't give a damn about getting trolled. I have earned immense respect and love in India.
The world likes humor, but it treats it patronizingly. It decorates its serious artists with laurel, and its wags with Brussels sprouts.
I chose 'The Voice' because I knew they had a lot more respect for each artist, as opposed to the other shows. They don't get it. I don't think those shows ever got it. I was turned off by some of the other shows and how they did things.
I firmly believe the industry does not let down performers.
My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time.
Streaming is a really big market for me. We've been doing great in the streaming market, so it's not something I want to alienate at all. Streaming counts now. They're treating artists the way we deserve to be treated.
I like the way the Telugu industry treats an artiste, they show a lot of respect.
Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
We lived on a farm in the English countryside, where we wrote a lot of our music. You really were treated like an artist during those days-not like product, which is now the mode.
I feel Motown really exploited me.
