What was life like for you? You know,

I'm a New York girl.

I'm a scrapper.

I was born in the city, raised in the Bronx, and then Long Island.

I grew up in apartments, so...

Your best friend by default was your next-door neighbors.

There was a pack of kids, whether they were boys, girls.

Mm-hmm.

What do you think has been the best gift that you have from your life and from your childhood and what you got from the love of your life, your father, and your mother's exploration of meditation and self-centeredness? What is the best gift that you think that you've given your children to date?

There's a tenacity.

There's also a no bullshit.

And What my daughter tells me now, because my daughter had to go through rehab and that was a very recent thing.

And I said to her, I promised her, I said, I promise you what it's going to take if you kick this can down the road and you don't deal with this now of six months of pain, of six months of internal work.

will turn into two years of internal work.

I promise you, you'll blame me for month one and month two.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

And that was what she...

Well, no, I was asked on, was that T- T- I'm trying to think what podcast that was.

But it was a very, I, I said, "That's a really interesting question, but one of the greatest pieces of advice I got I think was from Cyndi Lauper just saying, 'I'm outside in front of your house and listening to your, your guy mix your show.

And I'm just saying, Taylor, you need to come out here and listen yourself.'" And that's what I do every show.

You know, Cyndi's just tough.

Were you a part of it?

Yeah.

[laughs]

My name is Taylor Dayne, and I am here with this vivacious, gorgeous woman.

Um, what am I the most proud of in my career? What did I break down doors and barriers from? I am a New York Jewish little girl that grew up, uh, was born in New York City Hospital, raised in New York City and the Bronx and Long Island, 'cause my parents, like, just were like, "That's what you do.

You get a little plot of property, and then you put the person in the house, and then you say, 'That's your backyard.' It's like a 12 by 12 little trench.

I put a little guinea pig back there." That's what I was.

And I grew up in apartments, and, uh, I heard music.

All I ever heard was music, over the shouting, over the violence, over the unhappiness, over the m- the, the vi- the, the tension in my home.

Tell me what it was like the first time that you heard it everywhere.

Mm-hmm.

You know what the most important thing was? I got a Buddha head, like a six by six big Buddha head, s- 'cause I'm competing with a park that l- is next door, and there was some sort of sc- sculptural piece there.

And I said, "Fuck it.

Put a big Buddha head up on that ri- I want everybody to know, like, yo, we're bringing in the zen.

Let's go." I'm staying calm through this process.

For tour dates, where do people go?

Okay, coming up right now, guys.

Uh, well, first of all, go to taylordayne.com because that's the easiest and, of course, my Instagram.