Celine Dion has acknowledged that she does not think she would have made it as a singer, if she had to start out again today.
The five-time Grammy Award winner said, “show business and society has changed tremendously” since she began her career more than 30 years ago and she does not know if she would have had “the patience to start a career today.”
The star was speaking as she released her first English-speaking album in more than six years, ‘Loved Me Back To Life’ featuring Ne-Yo and Sia.
Dion said it is “liberating” to have reached a stage in her career where she did not need to “prove anything” to anyone anymore.
The multi-platinum selling singer, who appeared on The X Factor reality show said it is not a route she would have gone down if she was starting again.
“Everybody now just wants to be famous – the artists today, there’s no limits, they’re willing to do a lot – it’s not up to me to tell you if it’s wrong or if it’s right, but I’m glad I didn’t have to do that.”
Dion also spoke on the provocative displays of some female artists including Miley Cyrus and Rihanna saying, “I wish that they didn’t have to go that far, but you have to give them the freedom to present themselves as they want – it’s up to us to buy the records or not.”
The singer, whose career has spanned over 30 years, has sold more than 200 million records and will spend Christmas performing at a sell-out residency concert in Las Vegas, but she admitted that, at some point, she would have to retire fully from music.
The album ‘Loved Me Back To Life’ will be out this week.
The five-time Grammy Award winner said, “show business and society has changed tremendously” since she began her career more than 30 years ago and she does not know if she would have had “the patience to start a career today.”
The star was speaking as she released her first English-speaking album in more than six years, ‘Loved Me Back To Life’ featuring Ne-Yo and Sia.
Dion said it is “liberating” to have reached a stage in her career where she did not need to “prove anything” to anyone anymore.
The multi-platinum selling singer, who appeared on The X Factor reality show said it is not a route she would have gone down if she was starting again.
“Everybody now just wants to be famous – the artists today, there’s no limits, they’re willing to do a lot – it’s not up to me to tell you if it’s wrong or if it’s right, but I’m glad I didn’t have to do that.”
Dion also spoke on the provocative displays of some female artists including Miley Cyrus and Rihanna saying, “I wish that they didn’t have to go that far, but you have to give them the freedom to present themselves as they want – it’s up to us to buy the records or not.”
The singer, whose career has spanned over 30 years, has sold more than 200 million records and will spend Christmas performing at a sell-out residency concert in Las Vegas, but she admitted that, at some point, she would have to retire fully from music.
The album ‘Loved Me Back To Life’ will be out this week.
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