Katharine Mcphee on Celine Dion

March 26, 2008 at 06:05 AM

http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/01/24/mcphee/

Was it a challenge for you -- as somebody whose background is not really in pop singing -- to come in and make this kind of record?

Well, I don't think that's necessarily all true. I think some of it is true -- I have a lot of background in theater and a lot of background in standards and stuff like that because that's what I grew up listening to as well. But I do have a lot of pop influences; that's what I grew up listening to. I didn't listen to standards; my CD collection wasn't Frank Sinatra singing the American songbook. It was 102.7 Kiss FM with Rick Dees in the morning listening to all the cool Top 40 songs. That's what I grew up listening to. Yeah, I did like Celine Dion, but Celine Dion is not in anymore. There used to be a time when Celine Dion played on 102.7, but the music has changed. Pop music has changed.

but then she does mention in several other interviews how she loved celine growing up. <_< but stillllll....... I know i'm not one to speak since there were several years where I gave up celine as well :shy: