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Boyle: I Did It for My Mom

Fame hasn't gone to singing sensation's head

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 6, 2009 2:23 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Soaring to stardom was “too big for anyone to handle,” says Susan Boyle. But in her first major magazine interview, the singer doesn't pause when asked whether she’s glad she went on Britain’s Got Talent: “Come on! It goes without saying,” she tells Harper’s Bazaar. She sang "I Dreamed a Dream," she says, not for herself but for her mother, who died at 91 in 2007. “She always wanted me to make something of my life.”

She’s working on an album and has moved from her small town to London, but Boyle’s still not your typical celeb. She doesn’t go out much, eat gourmet food, or vacation. “I sing to make people happy,” she says. “I don't do it for the money, babe! Who do you think I am?” But she would like to rub shoulders with Madonna ("I like that she is a diverse pop star and controversial") and and Donny Osmond ("I bought all of the Osmonds' records and liked Donny's singing and his boyish charm").

Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle is seen outside the Birmingham National Indoor Arena, England after the first show of the Britain's Got Talent live tour, Friday June 12, 2009.
Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle is seen outside the Birmingham National Indoor Arena, England after the first show of the Britain's Got Talent live tour, Friday June 12, 2009.   (AP Photo/ Lewis Whyld, PA)
Locals gather at Blackburn, Scotland, community center to watch Susan Boyle on TV during the final of Britain's Got Talent on Saturday May 30, 2009.
Locals gather at Blackburn, Scotland, community center to watch Susan Boyle on TV during the final of "Britain's Got Talent" on Saturday May 30, 2009.   (AP Photo/PA, David Cheskin)
This is a May 24, 2009 file photo of Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle.
This is a May 24, 2009 file photo of Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle.   (AP Photo/Andrew Milligan/PA)
Boyle gets dolled up for Harper's Bazaar.
Boyle gets dolled up for Harper's Bazaar.   (Harper's Bazaar video)
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COMMENTS
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cornelison
Aug 7, 2009 11:10 AM CDT
If anyone doesn't want to read the article then avoid buying it this month.
gabo
Aug 6, 2009 8:26 AM CDT
Good for her, now she's living a dream.
Liberal_Fascist
Aug 6, 2009 7:28 AM CDT
LOL

 
music • celebrity • singer • interview • fame • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

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