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I had to figure out a way to not be so angry because I wasn't so angry as I was hurt and
dealing with what I considered to be a real situation...
A lot of my songs are painful to people, people say their's a lot of pain in my songs and
I don't think pain is bad for me or for anyone, it's just a part of my life along with the
good things. But I have a tendency to sing those songs and deliver those stories.
Somewhere in my lonely lonely dreams...
I'm extremely nervous, I am SCARED to death, I really am scared, I keep signing Hyman Phyllis
"It's Phyllis Hyman"
"It's Phyllis Hyman!"
If I had known what it was gonna be like I never would of gone into it, it's much harder,
the sacrifices are much more extensive, the PAIN is greater, the stress is greater. I
just thought it was all fun and games, put a little makeup on, do your hair and you know
go out and work, it's not like that at all
Getting into the business, my friends and neighbors thought that I had a lot of talent
and that I should use it to ... make money.
I had suffered for so many years not only because the industry forced certain things
on me, but because I did not know how to say NO. I did not know how to ask questions, I
was petrified, I was intimidated.
It's taken it's toll on me because I've been real depressed, I won't deny that. That we
have a record we've been sitting on, we're on the road working but we can't work as much
as we normally would because we need a record, it's that whole- that whole scenario that
you go through, where as an artist I should just be able to go work and make music but
I found the record business a little tough.
This entertaining end is so small, you work, you're behind and off for years and years
and you look back and say, "What do I have to show for it?" And umm... the industry is
full of loopholes and and and grey areas that artist don't pay any attention to.
"You're the real that I feel, never go away..."
45 year old Hyman was supposed to sing at the Apollo theater tonight but her assistant
found her unconcious in her midtown apartment this afternoon. She died at a nearby hospital.
Police say pill bottles and notes were found near Hyman's body. Jazz singer Phyllis Hyman
dead at an aparent suicide at age 45.
My songs reflect my inner feeling about things, the pain, and I sing about pain REAL WELL.
When they talk about bringing me love tunes I say, 'no no, give that to someone else,
give me the painful tunes'
I can make that work, I can draw back, I can look back on prior experiences and I'll make
the sucker work. Cuz if it's about pain, let Phyllis do it. (Laughs)