Pink says she was told her career “would be over” if she had children

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Pink has recalled being told that her music career “would be over” if she had children.In contrast, the singer – who has an 11-year-old and a six-year-old – said that she believes her career actually “began” after she became a parent.Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, she said: “Everyone told me, ‘If you have children right now, your career’s over.’ But I think, interestingly enough for me, everyone has this idea of me that I’m just my singles, right?

That I’m the snarling, man-eating angry, like she-man. Right?“And, obviously, we’re all much more complex than any of that, but when I had a child, I think it softened me to the world, the part that didn’t understand me.

And I think that’s when my career began, really. I mean, I did a lot of stuff before that, but really, truly, I think it’s when I started to really understand myself and understand the world, and my place in it.”Pink went on to say that she felt “lonely” just being a musician, and wanted something more in her life. “Having a family was really important to me because my family life was screwed as a kid and I’m super-affectionate and cuddly and goofy.

Just doing music wasn’t enough for me. I was lonely. I was so lonely. It’s a very lonely business.“I really wanted to have a family and it was just as important to me as ambition because I didn’t want it, if it’s just … if this is the carrot, I’ve eaten it.