Pink Talks Longevity

Pink is profiled in this week's T Magazine by the New York Times. Here are some highlights from her interview:

On the key to her long career:
“I’ve never won the popularity contest. I was never as big as Britney or Christina. If you look at any paragraph about pop music, I don’t get mentioned — my name doesn’t come up. And yet, here I go again, right under the wave, duck-diving...I can’t win the game of ‘I want to be on every magazine cover and I want to be the prettiest and the best singer and the best dancer’ and all that. It’s not fun and it doesn’t feel good.”

On releasing new music at 38:
 “I had the whole sit-down, you know: ‘Just be prepared, they don’t play girls over 35 on Top 40 radio.’ There are exceptions, but they’re songs, not artists — unless you’re Beyoncé.” (Her new single is currently at #15 on the charts)

On her notable flying stunts at her concerts:
“I’m a ticket-selle. How many times do you see the same artist get up and lip-sync and dance? And you’re mad at me for doing something none of them can do? And I sing live!”

On how she's managing her work/life balance:
“There’s been many mornings when I look at myself in the mirror with tears in my eyes and I’m like, ‘You can’t have it all.’ There’s always a compromise.”

On suffering miscarriages:
“I’ve had several, but this one [before getting pregnant with son Jameson] snuck up on me. The funniest part of all of it was my record company was super excited because I was pregnant. They were like, ‘Oh, this means we’re getting to the goal’ (a new album). So when they found out I had a miscarriage, they were like, ‘Ah, we’re so sorry.’ They’re a bunch of men in suits — they have no idea what to do. And I could just see their wheels turning: ‘So, yeah — you’re going to try again?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’m going to try again.’”

On Dr. Luke:
“I don’t know what happened [with Kesha]. But I know that regardless of whether or not Dr. Luke did that, this is his karma and he earned it because he’s not a good person. I have told him that to his face and I do not work with him. He doesn’t do good business, he’s not a kind person, he doesn’t do the right thing when given ample opportunities to do so, and I don’t really feel that bad for him.”


Read the full interview at the New York Times.