Quotes By Katey Sagal

I had to accept the fact that sometimes things happen that are out of our hands.

I made a living being a background singer for years.

You know, episodic TV directing is a very long and arduous job. You have very short schedules, short short shooting days, and you have to get lot of pages done.

When you grow up around it, I just watched my father work really hard. He wasn't around as much as I would have liked. And when I grew up, I understood why.

I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid.

I'm a better mother if I'm also doing my work. Some women find a lot more satisfaction from doing the hardest job, which is being a mom. But I like my day job, so I juggle a lot.

I've certainly experienced physical pain in my life.

I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.

And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice.

I love interpreting other people's music.

When you tour with a band, you're just out there, and it's just you guys. That's your little universe. If you do a play, it's the same deal. That becomes your world, for the cast and crew.

I do tend to play characters that have a lot of costume and hair change. I sort of like the change of physicality thing.

I don't take story input from fans.

You realize mortality is everywhere.

You know, we travelled a lot when I was a kid because my father was wherever the work was.

And this one I wanted to do some covers. So I just really sang some of my favorite songs.

I have teenagers, so I listen to a lot of music. They turn me on to great music.

I do a lot of writing about my family.

I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.

It was really fun. It was fun for a lot of reasons. It was fun because nobody thought that we would be successful. It was on a network that wasn't even there at the time.

I was kind of lost for several years.

I've never played a character that would sing.

We all have that desire to be kind of wild and bad.

I love to play gigs.

I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.

It's great to be mean, it is, it's fun.

I work with all these amazing voice actors that do a kajillion voices.

Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music.

But I started it when I was going through a transitional time in my life. At the end of it, it really sort of symbolized it. I had made room to change, and room to grow. I recorded it in a little room.

There isn't a lot written about the motorcycle culture.