The 5-minute Interview: Chaka Khan, Singer
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very-warm — 17 years ago(July 16, 2008 09:20 PM)
The 5-minute Interview: Chaka Khan, Singer
'Obama is a puppet of big business'
Interviewed by Jessica Wilkins
Saturday, 12 July 2008, The Independent [UK]
Chaka Khan, 55, has won 10 Grammy awards and released 13 solo albums. Her latest, 'Funk This', includes a duet with Mary J Blige. She plays the 02 Centre in London on 22 July
If I weren't talking to you right now I'd be
Asleep or relaxing. I'd be looking at the TV and the TV would be looking at me.
A phrase I use far too often is
Cheap and cheerful. It's what most of my stuff is like! I don't wear diamonds on stage.
I wish people would take more notice of
The dynamics of what's going on in the world. I'd like people to be more aware of the use of fossil fuels. Hopefully [Barack] Obama will bring in some change, but really he is just a puppet. Any person that runs as president is a servant of the big corporations.
The most surprising thing that happened to me was
Getting sober. I'll have been sober for four years in November.
A common misconception of me is
That I'm mean. People say, "Oh I thought you would be mean", but they probably say that because I'm honest, and they can't handle the truth.
I'm not a politician but
I wish there were more honest and effective ones. I truly believe that politicians would be more effective if they were honest and didn't have to conform to a code.
In moments of weakness I
Pray for guidance. My prayers usually get answered one way or another.
You know me as a singer but in another life I would have been
A painter. I would have painted angelic and ethereal women like Botticelli did.
In a nutshell my philosophy is
To be and let others be.
Independent News & Media Limited
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jamal89 — 14 years ago(February 02, 2012 09:32 AM)
It sounds too rough on him until you quote the rest: " Any person that runs as president is a servant of the big corporations." That's true enough. I don't think she's really questioning Obama's sincerity. She's pointing out the corrupting influence of money in politics, the enormous and unprecedented political power of corporations and the fact that political parties these days are nothing more than massive fundraising machines. Privately and to some extent publicly, Obama won't deny that.