T-Swift vs. Spotify

In my opinion, the value of an album is, and will continue to be, based on the amount of heart and soul an artist has bled into a body of work, and the financial value that artists (and their labels) place on their music when it goes out into the marketplace.

Piracy, file sharing and streaming have shrunk the numbers of paid album sales drastically, and every artist has handled this blow differently.

Music is art, and art is important and rare.

Important, rare things are valuable.

Valuable things should be paid for.

[Taylor Swift on removing her 1989 album from Spotify]

Lea & Barbra

When I was a little girl, my mom said to me, "Barbara Streisand never got a nose job -- you're never getting one." Barbra showed women that it's not necessary to alter yourself to become successful. Instead, she made the most of what she had, and it launched her career.

When I first watched Funny Girl, I'd never felt so connected to a story or a character. The minute it was over I poured myself a glass of champagne, got out crackers and cream cheese, and played it again from the beginning -- it's my favorite movie of all time.

People often ask me what I want to do most in my career, and I don't ever want to pick:
I want to be able to do a great film,
a Broadway play,
or make an amazing album.

Barbra's won an Oscar, a Grammy, and a Tony.

It's inspiring to see someone achieve success in many different fields while still maintaining her individuality.

- Lea Michele -

"Our 75 Most Important Women of the Past 75 Years"
Glamour magazine's 75th Anniversary Issue