European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Profile Tanya into her life by in Lewis United press International if anybody is in in Jive advice Aboul love it s Tucker. Lift torrid and Stormy relationship with Singer Glen Campbell Clcil in acrimony and led menial stars. But the 27-year-old Singer a Veteran of 14 years in ii Public spotlight As a country music Star can laugh about things now several years alter the fad which is n sign thai wounds have healed. Dressed in a shocking yellow jumpsuit and Bright red mules Tucker held up Well during an interview a Capitol records in spite of allergies that left her hoarse. Would you advise keeping your love life private she laughed heartily repealing an interviewer s question. I would say not to have one. I m in love with music right now. I Haven t been Luccy enough to meet the right Guy Cyl mainly because i m not Tucker whose career was launched in 1972 with the no. 1 hit Delta Dawn said most fans think it s easy to have a love life. We meet these people All the time. When i see a Good looking Guy in the audience and he comes backstage i say i and Bye you know there is no Lime. And besides it s very difficult because they be got this opinion formed of you already before you walk in the door. Looking Back Over the last couple of years you know 20/20 Hindsight it was t anything psychiatric. It was a Normal reaction for a 23-year old girl. And at the time i m thinking this is real abnormal and this Don t feel right. Now i look Back and i know it was t right and i m Happy it s Over so i can get on with More important things. The main thing i m working on right now is this record and going on the Road with the hottest band in the her new capital in titled girls like me has some potential hit material in it and Tucker likes the Effort. I be had a Slack period Between records. I am really interested in seeing How the new album is perceived. I m confused i played the album to about 10 of my friends and i respect their opinions. But each of them has a favorite song. I just Hope we make the right move. It s my first album in three years. My last album no one heard it. Everybody is waiting to see How the record is going to Tucker said her last album really got no play and at 27, Tanya Tucker is a 74-year show business Veteran. For All practical purposes it s been four or five years since she has been taken seriously. Life has been Good to me. I be been messed Over and kicked Over but everybody has. I Don t know anybody who has t been. Look at the Kennedy. One Rich Man in 10 has a satisfied mind. That s what i want a satisfied asked about things that have happened to her in the 14 years since her first big hit Tucker replied i be done a lot of changing hopefully it s for the better. I sometimes look Back and i am kind of in Awe of it All. I was out working on the Road when i was a teen Ager. I think i did most things in a later sequence than most kids. Have i Learned anything cod i Hope so. I be Learned some things. A lot of people say if i had to do it Over again they would t change a thing. Boy if i had to do it Over again there arc some things i would change. I think the main thing i be Learned. Is to accept myself and i think the main thing i want to do in life is to be a better person. Tucker said she wants to get into producing in the future and she thinks she can contribute to artist development. I want to be on the other end of the stick helping other artists careers. I be seen them do things and i can Tell them not to do that i be been through that. I would have been grateful if someone like that had Given me that Opportunity when i was getting Tucker has formed a new View of herself Over the past three or four years. I m a Good Ole girl. It s hard for people to believe that. Some people Are stunned when they like you. They say i did t think i would like it s not difficult to like someone who has developed a Little humility. 20 stripes Magazine Leonary 37,19s6
