ELVIRA KURT>> I love that you said that you changed your name to
K.D. LANG>> to K Daddy. That's right. K Daddy.
ELVIRA KURT>> And what struck me about that was your deliver was perfect. It was deadpan
K.D. LANG>> no I'm serious. There's no delivery there.
ELVIRA KURT>> Oh I'm sorry this is authetic.
K.D. LANG>> It's K Daddy yeah
ELVIRA KURT>> Okay so explain.
K.D. LANG>> In fact give me your CD and I'll scratch that out and write K Daddy on it.
Do you have a sharpie? My manager said we could sticker the records but you know I'll
just fix it here for you right now. K- DADDY.
ELVIRA KURT>> And my son calls me "Poppi" so this will be another layer of confusion.
"Daddy!? but I thought I had two mommies - one was called Poppi"...right.
ELVIRA KURT>> You come across as someone who's really got their shit together. I find that
hard to believe.
K.D. LANG>> uhh me too.
ELVIRA KURT>> But you do. Your answers are always your searching for balance and your
so thoughtful, even when someone asks you a ridiculous question.
K.D. LANG>> umm.
ELVIRA KURT>> At least tell me therapy works. That's the answer I'm looking for.
K.D. LANG>> No I don't go to therapy anymore.
ELVIRA KURT>> What made you stop?
K.D. LANG>> Buddhism.
ELVIRA KURT>> What made you you start?
K.D. LANG>> Therapy?
ELVIRA KURT>> Buddhism.
K.D. LANG>> Buddhism? I found my teacher but you know what I think it is I think it's really
just being honest with yourself and not trying to be.
ELVIRA KURT>> I know but it's so much pressure and noise. Does being content sort of affect
your creativity?
K.D. LANG>> It does but not in a negative way. It changes your relationship to creativity
because I think that sometimes creativity there's this. This neediness sometimes for
the outcome. Or the expectation and I think that you eradicate the perfection just by
projecting an outcome on it. If you just celebrate the fact you get to be creative, it's a totally
different ball game than if you look at it as a means to an end. As a vehicle to success.
It just ruins it.
ELVIRA KURT>> But how do you block out all of the expectations are you not waging a war
in yourself?
K.D. LANG>> No I'm. I was.
ELVIRA KURT>> Have you ever left the realm of suffering?
(laughter)
K.D. LANG>> When you look at the world and you really try to see yourself in equanimity
with everyone from the people in Japan to people in Libya to Obama to Lady Gaga. What
we do in our daily life is important in how we are interacting and the interdependence
that we cause and effect. And the cause and effect of that interdependence. But really
what we do is not hugely important it's how we do it. But you know we are just these fragile
little beings jumping around on the earth. I don't know
ELVIRA KURT>> It's true so how does someone like that, someone who's able to be so unguarded
make there way in the music industry? Which like even for an outsider seems really ruthless
and difficult.
K.D. LANG>> I've been lucky and I've worked hard.
ELVIRA KURT>> Would you at least concede that your an icon?
K.D. LANG>> I'm a dykon.
ELVIRA KURT>> Because you're a celesbian, look at you coining all the terms. You were
the first, the greatest. We could draw a line from you to Bieber. Just in all the famous...
lesbians
ELVIRA KURT>> There is a website called "Top 100 Butches" your 31. Does that sound right
to you?
K.D. LANG>> No
ELVIRA KURT>> I didn't think so either
K.D. LANG>> Fuck no. Who's number 1?
ELVIRA KURT>> Rachel Maddow
K.D. LANG>> Oh yeah. Well she's really famous. 31 is a big slight. I'm going to have to butch
it up. Get back on top.
ELVIRA KURT>> Would you?
K.D. LANG>> ha ha ha.
ELVIRA KURT>> Who's butcher? We should put a... who's more butch.
K.D. LANG>> I think I'm definitely more butch.
ELVIRA KURT>> That you so much for talking to me. I really appreciate it this was great.
K.D. LANG>> My pleasure.
ELVIRA KURT>> I didn't want to say it before but I'm a huge fan. �