Rock Bottom: First, I just wanted
to say – It’s pretty unprofessional of me to say this, but I had a huge crush on you back in the 80’s.
Tiffany: Well thank you, I appreciate that. You know,
it baffles me – I have a lot of guys now that come out and say “I had your poster on my wall – I really
liked you - I had a crush on you”. It’s like, guys… you know what… I would have dated
more if I had known that there were actual guys out there that liked me because it was always girls that were coming to the
shows. I know it wasn’t like all my friends who secretly say “well, I liked your records, it just wasn’t
cool to be a Tiffany fan”… I was like “oh, ok”… you do realize that it stinted my dating life.
[laughs]
And not to give you a big head or anything, but you are still very hot.
Oh, well thank you
very much. Well, you know, being a mom out there and being in the industry and all that kind of stuff I have a lot of
role models of today’s mom’s who are still really hot – especially coming from L.A…. hello.
So it’s kept me on my toes all of these years. [laughs]
Ok, let me get back to my professional mode now… [laughs]
Tiffany: [laughs]
Alright, let’s talk
about the CD and the new song that came out. Let’s start with the basics – what made you change to Country
music?
Well, that’s been something that’s been brewing in me for a while. You know,
I definitely… like releasing “The Color of Silence”… that was a big coming out as being a songwriter
after being here in Nashville and, you know, kind of cutting my teeth a little bit. For so many years I wrote things
and would throw them away – I just was too shy to really show them to people. I wrote a few things here and there
before I came to Nashville with some band members, and I had a song called Winding Road on a record compilation album.
And so that was kind of me saying “aright, I really do want to song-write”. And then I moved to Nashville,
and this is just the place for that. And I knew if I could get to where I’m good and I feel confident and I’m
with the right people – that I would feel more confident stepping out and making records.
I mean, I’ve always looked up to artists like Bonnie
Raitt and Stevie Nicks and Emmylou Harris – these have always been my influences. And all of them, you know, write
and they are just amazing on stage. And they play live with live bands; they kind of rock the stage as strong women.
So that was always my goal as a female performer, and I definitely think that The Color of Silence allowed me to
kind of get a backbone a little bit on my songwriting and do songs that I had to have a band to play those songs, it wasn’t
just turn on the track and I’ll come and sing, you know. That’s very simple definitely, you don’t
have to have a band and all that stuff… but I don’t think I really shine as much, although I love performing
live in any occasion.
The Color of Silence really kicked it off for me with songs like Obey
and If Only, you know, that was me telling my story that I really wanted to be a songwriter and I would like to turn
that corner into Country Music. Even though that wasn’t a Country album, it still had some thread of it a little
bit. You know, my fans definitely said “oh no, where are we going with this?” – and I think I really
had to tell my back-story, had to tell my heart’s desire and prove that the music was still going to be good and that
I didn’t rush into something – I took time to write the right songs and find the right producer. This is
really a celebration of all my influences; it’s definitely a Country/Blues kind of record. And it tells the story
of what’s going on in my head, my personal experiences. As a songwriter, I would say that songwriting for me is
great therapy. So there’s a lot on this album that is my life, it has been my life… it really is a true
coming out. And I am thrilled to be doing Country Music and I definitely see myself as arriving as an artist.
I still do the hits I
Think We’re Alone Now and Could’ve Been and All This Time; I’ll never abandon those
songs. So if you come to a Tiffany show – we’re definitely going to do I Think We’re Alone Now
and all of that, but this new music I’m really thrilled for people to come out and see it.
Alright, now tell me about
the new single. Was it just last week when it hit?
It was last week.
Tell me about that song.
Well,
Feel the Music is about a girl who just wants to own that moment, and obviously I wrote it about a girl, but I think
it’s something that anybody can relate to. Walking into a club, or walking into some place or party – and
really wanting to be special for whatever reason. Just knowing that you own it, that you still have it. And you
can turn some heads and be free for the evening – and to just have a good time. And that’s what the character
in this song is wanting to do. I mean, I definitely felt that way separate from being Tiffany the artist, you know,
I’ve walked into places or went out with my girlfriends and thought “you know, I don’t want to get into
trouble – I’m a happily married woman, but I definitely would like to turn some heads”, you know, and not
being a Tiffany thing. Just knowing as an adult girl that I still have something to give. And I think that every
woman can relate to that, and again… that’s just having a really good time.
I just re-discovered line dancing for myself – which
is something I used to do a long time ago – all my girlfriends and I would go out and just hit the floor, you know,
and we didn’t stop. I’ve just recently started going back to line dancing clubs, and it’s great because
Feel the Music is right there with it. So I hired a choreographer and made its own line dance which we’ll
be sending out to dance clubs and I’m excited about that – so it’s kind of coming full circle.
I think the song Feel the
Music really started by me listening to The Doobie Brothers, I’m a huge Doobie Brothers fan, and I listened to
their record and I love the way that their music makes me feel. I was talking to a girlfriend on the phone, and I said
“you know, I just really want people to feel my music that way”, and that’s when I thought Feel the
Music – that’s a really good title. And it took on a different life, like I said – it became
about this girl. But I have the tendency to write in kind of a Lifetime movie kind of way [laughs], you know.
So she was very real to me.
I wanted to talk a little bit about your acting career as well. Mainly about Mega Python
vs. Gatoroid, what was it like filming that movie?
[laughs] It was fun. It brought out the kid in me
again. I was that girl in the backyard that would sing to myself with stuffed animals and climb the trees and pretend
that monsters were after me. So I was always doing something in my backyard - that was my home turf… I had a
very vivid imagination so to be able to be doing that in my adult life, you know, with monsters and creatures… it was
fun. It wasn’t hard work really to get there, just show up and have a good time and working with a really legit
director [Mary Lambert]. You know, as much as it is a B-Movie and its cheesy and all of those things – I think
that it was a great experience. But I would definitely love to do a Lifetime Movie and definitely do something a little
more serious – I think that I would be good in those roles. So I’m just getting my feet wet a little bit
with the acting, and I plan to pursue that as well and do more things.
