AT AGE 5 YEARS OLD I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE A DOCTOR OR A SINGER. I WAS CRAZY ABOUT ELVIS PRESLEY AT THAT AGE. I WANTED TO BE JUST LIKE HIM; YET AS A GIRL. I WOULD PRACTICE SINGING ALL HIS SONGS MOST EVERYDAY. I WAS IN LOVE WITH ROCK N ROLL. THERE WAS SO MUCH GREAT MUSIC AT THAT TIME.. LOTS & LOTS OF CLASSIC HITS.
NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS IN HEAVEN; ROCK N ROLL HEAVEN.
AFTER MY PERIOD WITH ELVIS MOVED ON... MY NEXT MUSIC LOVE WASMADONNA IN HER EARLY YEARS.. I HAD HER ALBUM AND WOULD SING LIKE A VIRGIN..& LUCKY STAR ALL NIGHT LONG..
NEXT FOR ME WAS MY NEXT BIG LOVE WITH THE "SEX PISTOLS" AND "SIOUXSIE SIOUS & THE BANCHESS" I WAS CRAZY ABOUT THEM ... I STARTED THE NEW LOOK FOR ME IN THE LATE 80S AND INTO THE 90S.. OF COURSE I HAD THE BLACK HAIR AND ALL THE ENGLISH CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES.. EVERYTHING HAD TO BE POINTY AND VERY GOTHIC LOOKING.. ALL THOUGH AT THAT TIME IN HISTORY ME AND MY FRIENDS SAID THAT WE WERE DEATH ROCK. NO NOT THE HEAVY METAL VERSION; IT WAS DEFINATELY THE MODERN DAY VERSION OF GOTHIC.. BACK IN MY DAY WE ALL HAD VINYL RECORDS, AND MOST OF THE BANDS THAT I LISTENED TO WERE BRITISH BANDS.. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THE BRITISH.. I AM 83% ENGLISH, 11% SCOTTISH, & 6% IRISH, AND OF COURSE 100% NORTH AMERICAN.
THEN CAME THE GRUNGE DAYS.. I WENT HOME TO VISIT MY FOLKS, AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT TOLD ME THAT I WAS GRUNGE.. AT THAT TIME IT WAS NOT A USED TERM MUCH WITH THE MUSICIANS THAT I HUNGWITH..
I WAS PARTYING WITH THIS GIRL, AND I ASKED HER WHAT HER FAVORITE MUSIC WAS, AND SHE SAID HIP HOP.. I WAS LIKE WHAT THE HELL IS HIP HOP? LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT THE BEATS THAT ARE USED IN HIP HOP IWOULD ONE DAY BE USING THEM IN MY MUSIC..
BEFORE 1995 I WAS IN OTHER PEOPLE'S BANDS, AND WAS REALLY SCREWED UP ON DRUGS AND DRINK.. NOT TOO MUCH PRODUCTIVE HAPPENED...
I GOT CLEAN & SOBER IN 1995.. GETTING OFF THE DOPE WAS THE BEST DECISION THAT I HAVE EVER MADE IN MY LIFE...TODAY I HAVE A LIFE THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER DREAMED POSSIBLE FOR ME..I HAVE A GIFTED AND PEACEFUL LIFE ; I AM SO BLESSED & GRATEFUL FOR THAT FACT.
IN 1998 I HAD AN OFFER THROUGH A MANAGER GUY THAT HE & HIS ACT WERE ON TOUR WITH PRINCE; TO DO A CD WITH PRINCE'S MAIN DRUMMER. I DID NOT TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED THAT I MAY NOT STAY SOBER ON THE ROAD AT THAT TIME. BY ME NOT DOING THAT GAVE ME MORE TIME TO GET CLOSER TO MY SPIRIT AND MY GOD, AND HELPED ME TO BECOME THE MUCH WISER PERSON THAT I AM TODAY.
I GOT BACK INTO MUSIC FULL TIME IN 2008... I WATCHED MADONNA'S STICKY & SWEET TOUR, AND STARTED TO CRY.. I REALIZED THAT THAT IS WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING.. AND SO NOW I AM ....MY CD- "SEX SELLS" WAS RELEASED IN 2010, AND IT IS STILL IN PROMOTION...
I LOVE YOU ALL, CRYSTAL CAMILLE XOXO
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