Top 30 Quotes & Sayings by Lara Fabian

I hope people will find sincerity and authenticity in my music.

I believe history of humankind has always faced challenges. I don't think that any other period in history was less problematic then the one in which we live.

I don't want to have any category stamped on my face.

I don't want to sing, you know: 'oh yeah, I love you baby, you love me too.'

Having success in America is the cherry on the sundae for me.

I am an open book through the songwriting.

I believe in the fact that an audience has one heart. I can just tell you one thing: If I sing the 'Adagio,' and I pull it out with all the honesty I have - whether they're Japanese, Italian, American or Belgian or French - they will react in the same way.

Believing in love doesn't have an expiration date.

My music reflects the time on which we live, both in terms of arrangements, as well as in the subjects treated in the lyrics.

No matter where you come from, if you sing in English, you can cross over to the world.

I had 10 years of lessons at the conservatory in Belgium, studying classical music. I learned how to sing, play the piano, and all the theory that I needed. By the time I left, I had confidence in my skills, and I knew that the experience had prepared me to become a real professional.

Growing up, I became a huge fan of Freddie Mercury, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins. That's where I really started developing my songwriting skills on a personal level.

You don't have a connection to your fans if they don't have a connection to you and the music.

I would love to have a song that fusions western arrangement with classic Indian instruments.

Comparison is a human thing, a normal thing.

I started songwriting at around age 12, and that was it. I never really stopped. Nothing else ever really crossed my mind. It's truly the expression of who I am.

My greatest influence came from my parents' love of classical music. We listened to a lot of arias and operas growing up.

I never thought music could also bring you personal growth, but it truly has.

I'm so passionate about Panic! at the Disco and Brendon Urie. I'm obsessed with him.

I am a woman, a mother, a daughter, a friend, a human being as any other human. I just happen to write songs and perform them, and I am lucky to be able to make a living with my music. Other than that, I smile, laugh, and cry, like any other woman.

I've been compared to so many people - Streisand, Celine - it doesn't bother me. Why worry about being compared to the best?

My mom and dad's friends were gay, and so I was raised with the acknowledgement to love one another, no matter one's sexual orientation.

I'm a very optimistic person, woman, mother and singer. And at the same time, I'm very realistic when I look at other aspects of my life.

I've always wanted to be a singer, ever since I was a child.

Music was never an obligation for me; from a very young age, I understood it as a moment of freedom where you could express yourself. I realized how much joy it could bring and how much that meant to me.

Because English is the universal language. No matter where you come from, if you sing in English, you can cross over to the world.

Being classically trained gave me the real foundation for music. It's so important in my life. Why was I influenced by all these styles of music? Because it gave me a sense of freedom. It made me feel like I could put my hand in a colored bag and pull out a different colored candy and have fun with it.

I loved Queen, Journey, Fleetwood Mac, and people like Barbara Streisand. The thing with me is that classical music was also an inspiration. I took piano lessons at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels for 10 years.

Do not need to look for reasons to hate when there is reason to love.

Yes, I was scared, it was like stage fright, but I worked through it. If you've gotten to the door, you shouldn't doubt you can open it.