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Whatever Happened to Your Fave Disco Divas?
Disco fever continues with the spotlight on Disco Divas, and there was no greater diva back in the day than DONNA SUMMER, with hits such as "Hot Stuff," "Last Dance" and "Bad Girls" crowning her the queen of the scene.
Our MARK STEINES actually caught up with the disco queen this past August, while she was performing part of her summer tour for her latest CD, The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer. At the height of her fame, Donna says she considered herself more of a comedian than a sex symbol, and she was definitely not a diva, despite the fact that the term is tossed around loosely.
"I just think it's funny," she says. "There are so many people out there trying to be divas; I didn't try to be a diva. If people saw me as a diva, you know, I didn't know what a diva was. I wasn't trying to be anything but myself. So if that kind of coined that imagery of a diva, I wasn't."
These days the grandmother -- and proud of it -- lives in Nashville, which she calls a "writer's kingdom." And while many people may be surprised at her choice of locales, she points out that she has always sung a variety of music in her shows, including country. But she is there first and foremost as a songwriter.
"I have been very blessed and fortunate to have invested well," Summer revealed. "There have been times when I wished I had saved more money, but I am blessed because I am a songwriter, so I always have publishing money when I don't work. People cut commercials and they put in things. That is like found money. I used to be a pretty wild spender, but with age you become wise."
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Whatever Happened to Your Fave Disco Divas?
Disco fever continues with the spotlight on Disco Divas, and there was no greater diva back in the day than DONNA SUMMER, with hits such as "Hot Stuff," "Last Dance" and "Bad Girls" crowning her the queen of the scene.
Our MARK STEINES actually caught up with the disco queen this past August, while she was performing part of her summer tour for her latest CD, The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer. At the height of her fame, Donna says she considered herself more of a comedian than a sex symbol, and she was definitely not a diva, despite the fact that the term is tossed around loosely.
"I just think it's funny," she says. "There are so many people out there trying to be divas; I didn't try to be a diva. If people saw me as a diva, you know, I didn't know what a diva was. I wasn't trying to be anything but myself. So if that kind of coined that imagery of a diva, I wasn't."
These days the grandmother -- and proud of it -- lives in Nashville, which she calls a "writer's kingdom." And while many people may be surprised at her choice of locales, she points out that she has always sung a variety of music in her shows, including country. But she is there first and foremost as a songwriter.
"I have been very blessed and fortunate to have invested well," Summer revealed. "There have been times when I wished I had saved more money, but I am blessed because I am a songwriter, so I always have publishing money when I don't work. People cut commercials and they put in things. That is like found money. I used to be a pretty wild spender, but with age you become wise."
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