Lisa Gerrard Quotes

About half the set is new stuff. We save the older pieces for the encores, if we get them. We haven`t written together in a while, but we`ve both brought in things we`ve written on our own. We don`t know if there will be a new album yet; we`ll have to wait and see how Brendan is feeling at the end of all this.

We had a telephone conversation, and we were talking about the various pieces of what we`d done. There was nothing calculated. We had a couple of conversations, and because we could rebuild our friendship, it became a logical conclusion that we should do some concerts.

At the end of the day, success has nothing to do with money,

Is this working OK? I feel I can never make it work in interviews. I feel like I`ve just been rambling.

(Performing live) invigorates you, but life on the road wears you down. The frequencies hitting your ears and the volume can tire you, but you`re so elated onstage you don`t notice it. The next morning you implode. You do five gigs in a row, have a day off, then seven in a row, day off -- it`s a strange kind of torture. You love it, but it destroys you.

Years ago I sang on a track using that voice and someone asked, `Who is that terribly depressed man?` ... But Patrick loved it. He said, `You sound like a young boy, like a child, like an old woman, like an old man,` and really, we all have all of those things inside of us. I don`t do any vocal gymnastics to make the voice better as I age. If it comes out rougher, then it`s true to what`s happening. Singing is who I am. I didn`t train for it, any more than I trained for anything else I did. I probably should take better care of myself physically, but it goes against the grain.