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The Guardian
a day ago
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- The Guardian
Missy Higgins: ‘Some people thought that line in The Special Two was about women syncing periods'
What's the most memorable, wrong explanation that you've heard for the meaning behind one of your songs? Some people thought that the line 'we'll bleed together' in my song The Special Two was about two women syncing periods. I always thought that was a quite funny and very, very literal metaphor. And probably the first time somebody had written a song about syncing periods. What's the best piece of advice you have ever received? My dad once said to me, 'You've done enough, you don't have to keep proving yourself.' I was in my 30s, I had kids, and I was trying really hard to keep my career going. I felt like if I didn't come up with any more music, I wasn't going to be able to respect myself any more. I hadn't proved myself worthy yet, whatever the hell that means. And dad said, 'You've done enough.' That made me really think about who it was that I was trying to prove something to – at what point I would be able to stop pushing so hard. It's OK to just live and release what you release. You're not going to be a failure if you stop releasing music. What's been your most cringeworthy run-in with a celebrity? My friend dragged me backstage once to meet Patty Griffin. I had specifically said to my friend that I really didn't want to meet her, because I don't like meeting my idols. But she just ambushed me at the end and said, 'Come back. She's expecting to meet you!' So she dragged me backstage and I just stood there. I was completely mute. I think I just mumbled something like, 'Nice to meet you.' I couldn't even look her in the eyes. Patty was lovely. She probably thought, 'What is this woman doing?' I swear I was the biggest fan ever. Your song Where I Stood was used in a bunch of big US TV shows in the 2000s. What does having your song in a Grey's Anatomy episode do to your career? That was back in the day when it was very, very exciting to get your song on an American TV show. There were all these artists that broke out that way – it was either from Grey's Anatomy or an Apple commercial. So my song got on Grey's Anatomy, but just as that was starting to become a little bit passé. [laugh] No one was that excited about it any more. It definitely did something – that song went gold in America, so it was very successful and I toured that album for like two and a half years. What are you secretly really good at? I've become very good at waking up very late and getting my kids fed, dressed and to school within about 45 minutes. Every morning, I'm really not sure how we manage it. Every morning, I say, 'I have got to wake us all up earlier.' Every morning, I get them there by nine o'clock. What is the strangest thing you have done for love? When I was in my early 20s, I sent my boyfriend at the time my song Ten Days. I wrote it for him, recorded it on CD and sent it because I was in the US and it was his birthday. But I also put an electric razor in there. When I think about that, I think it's just the most odd decision to put an electric razor in with a love song. I think a love song was probably enough. But he had a beard and I wanted him to get rid of it. It's completely contrasting levels of sentimentality. If you had a sandwich named after you, what would be in it? I'm pescatarian, but I love a vegan Reuben. I want the Thousand Island dressing, sauerkraut and the big rolls of fake meat. I'm often trying to find the best vegan Reuben in Melbourne. So I'd be that, with a cute little radicchio side salad. What's been your most memorable interaction with a fan? When I was living in Broome, I frequented this cafe where one of the waitresses came up to me and said, 'Oh my God. I'm such a big fan.' We got chatting and it turned out we knew all these people in common, and we were in the same friendship group in Broome. And I wouldn't usually start hanging out with someone who just told me they're a massive fan, but there was just something about her. Maybe it was because we were in Broome, and that's just kind of what you do. Anyway, we became great friends and we just went to the Maldives together. What book, album or film do you find yourself returning to, and why? I find myself returning a lot to Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. I tend to give that book to a lot of people too. It was given to me by a journalist in San Francisco. I was touring America at the time, and he said to me, this book will change your life. I didn't believe him but I didn't have anything else to read, so I read it. And it did change my life. It completely changed the way that I thought about western culture and modern society, the agricultural revolution and the Bible. It's one of those books that just blows open everything you thought you knew. What's been your biggest fashion crime to date? I wear slippers to drop my kids off – I'm committing my biggest crime every school day. Missy Higgins is performing at Wanderer festival at Pambula Beach, New South Wales, 4-5 October
Yahoo
22-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Pamela Anderson Says This One Place Is ‘Where Everything Came Back Together for Me' After Private Struggles
Pamela Anderson believes her Vancouver Island garden is like a "metaphor" for her life The Last Showgirl star's garden is now in its seventh season, currently harvesting beets, radishes and lettuce The garden was previously featured in HGTV Canada's series Pamela's Garden of EdenAccording to Pamela Anderson, her life is a lot like her Vancouver Island garden. 'The garden is such a metaphor: You can replant your garden every year, rotate your crops. I started learning a lot about it and thought, this is how I want my life to be,' the author and actress, 57, tells Architectural Digest. In 2020, The Last Showgirl star moved back to her family's long-held plot on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Since then, Anderson has revealed that leaving Hollywood for her hometown was to help her 'Remember who I was.' In the process, she's discovered a passion for nature.'It started when I realized you could just eat blackberries off a bush or a crabapple in a tree. It was one of those aha moments, that food comes from the ground, comes from the earth,' the mother of two says. 'I realized, oh, I can have my own garden. When I moved home to restart, I instantly thought, I'm going to make an incredible garden.' The property, known as Arcady, has helped her move through an often complicated life: '[It's] where everything came back together for me. This whole new chapter? It started in the garden.' Now in its seventh season, Anderson's 'Provençal' garden grows everything from wildflowers to herbs and vegetables. Currently, her team is harvesting beets, radishes and lettuces while the Baywatch star is out on the road. But some of her favorite things to grow include roses and heirloom tomatoes. 'I love my Yves Piaget roses. I also harvest rose hips and make face oils and all sorts of beauty treatments out of them,' Anderson says. 'And I love my heirloom tomatoes — I have that vegan cookbook I put out last year. A great heirloom tomato salad—that's the perfect food.' But The Naked Gun actress isn't the only one who enjoys the garden's produce: 'We get to feed a lot of food banks, soup kitchens, churches, neighbors, and family and friends.'The Vancouver garden is far from traditional. Anderson described it as 'very volcanic,' like 'an interesting vortex.' Even her gardener says 'I don't know what's going on in this garden, but it's so happy.' 'There's just something about it — getting your hands dirty, even being barefoot in the garden — something about it connects me back to who I am,' she describes. 'That's where I found myself again, so it's very special.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. This is not the first time Anderson's garden has been in the public eye. The actress is no stranger to posting garden updates on her Instagram. The grounds were also featured in Pamela's Garden of Eden, a series which followed the star as she restored her family's Canadian property. However, Anderson revealed exclusively to PEOPLE that she felt 'exploited' while filming the first season. 'The first season, I was a bit of a mess,' Anderson said in November 2023. 'It was not my favorite time of life. I was in survival mode while writing my memoir [Love, Pamela], the documentary [Pamela: A Love Story] was being made, and I was an open wound when it was being shot. I just wasn't that happy with it.' "The second season is about redemption, authenticity, truth and self acceptance," she added. "I'm taking my power back, instead of giving it up. I took control of the show and figured out a way to keep to my vision, and turn it into a positive experience. I kept it real." Read the original article on People
