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Take your passion and make it happen.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Inspirational
Happens
Passion
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I liked performing, but not the struggle.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Performing
Struggle
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Your fear seems to hide deep inside your mind
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Deep Inside
Mind
Seems
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I play piano and write better than I can sing.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Piano
Play
Writing
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The music industry had virtually blacklisted me.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Industry
Music Industry
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I knew early in life that I wanted a show business career.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Careers
Shows
Wanted
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That first apartment was a big step. It has a lot to do with being independent.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Firsts
Independent
Steps
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I'll never be that trusting again, believing accountants and lawyers have my best interests at heart.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Believe
Heart
Lawyer
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I didn't have to go to school, graduate and then go, What am I going to do? I knew from the beginning.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Graduates
School
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When I act, I act. When I sing, I sing. I don't put one over the other. Entertaining is what I do best.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
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I haven't had a vacation in years. I'd really like to sneak off and just run around on a beach for a while.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Running
Vacation
Beach
Years
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I refuse to let anybody try to typecast me. It's against my nature. I like to continually do different things.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Different
Refuse
Trying
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I'm a woman with a mission. I've learned to believe in myself, my vision and to do things the way I want them done.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Believe
Done
Vision
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I'll be gray by the time I'm 30, but I like my hair. It looks shiny. I like the way it looks when those highlights are picked up on camera.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Cameras
Hair
Looks
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I've had my bubblegum years and I did them well. Now it's time to come back as the woman, artist, and musician that I am without apologizing.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Musician
Years
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Cara is not my real name, and I'm not going to tell you what it is. Only because I do live in New York and enough people already know who my parents are.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
New York
Names
Real
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Life has a balance and natural order. I'm not fighting the flow anymore. My career right now is very up. It's happening naturally and it's happening well.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Careers
Fighting
Order
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All of a sudden, I was hearing stories about how difficult I was to work with, ridiculous rumors about drugs and what a diva I was. I never had to go to rehab or a program.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Drug
Rumor
Stories
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I don't mean to sound immodest, but I never had any doubt that I'd be successful, nor any fear of success. I was raised as a little goddess who was told she would be a star.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Mean
Stars
Successful
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I had been performing since I was 5, so it wasn't like I hadn't been on a stage before. I was always older than my age. That's my nature. I've always been a kind of mature kid.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Kids
Age
Kind
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I am very intense. I can't help it. That's the way I am. You can't be in this business without being intense. The pressure and tension get to you; it can't help but show on you.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Helping
Pressure
Way
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My mother always wanted to be in show business, but her parents discouraged her. So when I started performing for the mirror she enrolled me in dancing, singing and piano lessons.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Mirrors
Mother
Piano
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It got to a point of where it was ruining my health and I just hated it. I hated doing it and I couldn't stop without some kind of help to get the longing for it out of my system.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Helping
Kind
Longing
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My brother, Mario, is in show business and so are all my cousins on my dad's side. We come from a family of musicians. My grandmother's sister in Puerto Rico plays five instruments.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Dad
Brother
Cousin
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I was put into this business by my parents as soon as I could walk. I was groomed by them for this business. I didn't wake up at the early ages of 5 or 6 and say I want to be a star.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Age
Parent
Stars
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It's important for me to get back to my fans here and around the world. I feel very, very blessed that so many people have continued to write me and to pour out their love for me and my work.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Blessed
People
Writing
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I have a pleasant voice, but I have no great range. I will say that I know how to make a song come alive and I guess I do have a sincerity that comes across. But I do alot of things better than sing.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Alive
Song
Voice
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We have a tendency in this country that when we say Black it automatically means Black Americans. But that's a big mistake, and that keeps us divided. There are Blacks all over this entire world-even in Africa.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Country
Mean
Mistake
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If something isn't working out in one aspect of my career, it's not any big neurotic, crazy phase for me, it's just something that I accept, and that's okay. I'm not going to keep banging my head against the wall.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Careers
Crazy
Wall
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My fans are grown now. They are not expecting me to do the bubblegum pop I did 20 years ago, even though it was pretty substantive. It was saying more than bubblegum pop says today. I am continuing where I left off.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Fans
Today
Years
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I don't like being under someone elses thumb. I'm very supportive of other female artists, especially those trying to make their own statement... trying to do what they want instead of being someone else's Barbie doll.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Barbie Dolls
Supportive
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This has been a long and tiring battle for 10 years. And I'm glad it's finally resolved. My principles and reputation as a creative artist were involved here-it wasn't just about the royalties. I can now look foward to getting on with my career.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Careers
Years
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The situation is not good with the record companies. It's just not working out, so I don't plan to record until it's straightened out. In the meantime I'm happy doing my movies and writing the music for the theme songs, whether I sing them or not.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Song
Work Out
Writing
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Here I found myself in my early 20s, at the height of my career, up against something I was totally powerless against. I had enemies I had never heard of because of this. I certainly didn't have needles hanging out of my arms, nor did I smoke anything.
Irene Cara / Singer-Songwriter
Arms
Careers
Enemy
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